(Previous Incident Codes: R1369RS1502)

Between six and eight civilians including a child and two women died and as many as dozens more were wounded in multiple airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.

The lowest death count was given as one by Halab Today TV – though most other sources said that at least six people died. It blamed Russia.

RFS Media Office reported that “according to sources, the Russian air force fired several rockets on the city of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib, causing the deaths of six civilians and wounding a number more”.

However, a number of other sources attributed the event to the regime.

Alsouria, for example, said that “Assad military aircraft targeted the residential neighborhoods of Khan Sheikhoun in the Idlib countryside with nine air raids this afternoon [Oct 24th], including five raids with high-impact space parachutes, causing extensive damage and a large number of casualties.”

JBC news also blamed the regime, referring to a “massacre” caused by six raids, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported a “government bombardment”.

According to @ZedHmod, the regime conducted “more than 12 air strikes, including three raids on a popular market”.

A number of reports didn’t apportion blame. Among these were the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – who said that the seven killed included a child and two women – and Shahba Press, who put the death toll as eight with dozens more injured.