(Previous Incident Code: I524e)

One child was killed and three others were injured in a suspected mortar strike by an unknown party on their family home.

Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: ”On 1 May, I was sitting in the house, which is about 600-700 metres away from al-Haq mosque. There were 16 of us in one house. It was around 11:30am, and we were preparing lunch. The kids were in the front yard. I didn’t see it, but I heard the explosion. Two cars caught fire. Even our food was full of shrapnel. The sides of the house fell, and the outside wall to the courtyard. The mortar fell outside, in the courtyard. There was one IS fighter standing outside the house, but I don’t even think he was the target – it was a random strike.

The following were injured:

XXXX, 8 years old – shrapnel all over body

XXXX, 8 years old – shrapnel in both legs

XXXX, 4 years old – shrapnel in right leg

[I saw all of the injuries – the kids were in the tent.]

Only my son XXXX died. He was 8 years old. [photo of the death certificate shown to researchers]. He died from injuries on the way to the hospital. We were all holding him when he died.”