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(Previous Incident Code: S997)
A civilian male was killed in Raqqa. However there were conflicting reports as to how he died.
Four of the seven sources reporting the incident alleged that the death was caused by SDF sniper fire. Meanwhile two sources claimed that Coalition airstrikes were to blame. One further source claimed that artillery fire was responsible, which would also be attributable to the Coalition. From reviewing the sources, sniper fire seems to be the most compelling cause of death, but the other allegations cannot be ruled out.
Complicating reports further, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that Dr ali Zumar was actually shot on June 26th in the rural village Al Kasrat, but died in Raqqa of his wounds on July 2nd.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Al Kasrat or Ar Raqqa (الرقة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.9505639, 39.0094148. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.