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(Previous Incident Code: S215a)
In a previously unreported incident, the US admitted six months later that it had killed four civilians in an attack on Raqqa, noting that “June 23, 2016, near Ar Raqqah, Syria, during a strike against an ISIL-held building, it is assessed that four civilians were killed after entering the target area after the aircraft released its weapon.“
However, in their April 30 2017 report, the Coalition discounted their credible assessment, stating: “June 21, 2016, near Ar Raqqah, Syria: Number 12 and 13 on the Nov. 9, 2016, U.S. Central Command press release were both based on the same report. The actual assessment was that on June 21, 2016, near Ar Raqqah, during a strike on an ISIS headquarters four civilians were unintentionally killed.”
The credible assessment that they refer to on June 21, 2016 is CS237.
According to the Shaam News Network, “Coalition planes launched raids on al Dalla roundabout and the area of the electricity company in Raqqa which led to civilian deaths and injuries.”
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Bemo Bank, a six-storey-building, was destroyed in a Coalition strike.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Ar Raqqah (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.