Up to five civilians including a mother and her two children were reported killed, and eleven others injured as a result of a alleged Turkish shelling, or pro-Turkey militants on Tal Rifat town in Aleppo’s northern countryside, Syria on January 23rd, 2021.
The shelling also reportedly caused material damage to the locals houses, the private and public properties and the infrastructure.
Ridaw said “Five-year-old Yasser Sakran and twelve-year-old Ebid al-Mohsen Sakran were both killed. The third person who died, Nazliye Mohammed Mustafa, was originally from Afrin, according to Hawar News Agency, an outlet affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).” ANHA reported that the woman is the mother of the two children.
The initial reports spoke about three victims, but then a forth civilian, Saad al-Din al-Qais aged 31, died of his injuries raising death toll.
North Press Agency (NPA) said that the injured civilians were transferred to Afrin Hospital, some of them in critical condition. However, the Rojava Information Centre reported 11 wounded civilians as a result of the attack.
Thousands of IDPs from Tal Rafa’at, Afrin and Alshahba joined the funeral of the victims.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members
(5)
55 years old
female
Originally from Afrin
killed
Age unknown
male
From Tal Rifaat
injured
33 years old
male
From Tal Rifaat
injured
The victims were named as:
31 years old
male
Died in the hospital of his injuries. A source added Sakran to his surname so he could be part of the family that lost other three members in the same day.
killed
35 years old
male
From Bulbul
injured
19 years old
female
injured
15 years old
male
From Afrin
injured
33 years old
male
From Shara town
injured
31 years old
male
From Shiye town
injured
46 years old
male
injured
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Tal Rifa’at (تل رفعت), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.472576, 37.096272. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
