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(Previous Incident Codes: S1324R2310)
A civilian woman died with her two children in an aerial attack on the the village of Mazloum Tahtani (12km east of Deir Ezzor), close to the primary school and the mosque, according to local media. Step News however, out the death toll as high as five. Shabha also referred to civilians wounded in the event, though did not state how many. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some sources attributing blame to the Coalition, others to Russia and some the Syrian regime.
Masar reported that there was air and artillery shelling on the vicinity.
Euphrates Post said the incident spread “panic” among people in the village, and noted the attacks caused the “destruction of a number of houses for civilians near the extension unit”.
Smart considered Moscow “likely” responsible for the strikes, Shahba blamed the US-led Coalition and the Syrian Network for Human Rights suspected the Syrian Regime. Alitah left the culprit unidentified. Shaam referred to the presence of both Russia and the Coalition in Deir Ezzor, though did not specify which faction responsible for the incident.
The US-led Coalition informed Airwars that as a result of their deconfliction agreements – they have ceased to conduct strikes entirely in Deir Ezzor city.
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Reports of the incident mention that the airstrike targeted an area near a primary school and a mosque in the village of Mazloum Tahtani (مظلوم تحتاني), for which the coordinates are: 35.3077313, 40.257403. There is a mosque that is in the vicinity of a school building here: 35.308266, 40.262817, but no obvious destruction is visible in this area on satellite imagery of September 19, 2017. However, traces of structural damage can be seen on satellite imagery slightly later, on September 30, 2017, which indicates that the area was being targeted during this time.

Traces of airstrikes seen near and on the school and mosque in the village of Mazloum Tahtani (مظلوم تحتاني) (left: September 3, 2017; right: September 30, 2017)
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