Three civilians from the al-Yousef family (a mother and her two children) died, and another two civilains, and up to ten more non-combatants were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery bombardment of Kafar Anton village, Shahaba, Afrin, according to local media.
Welat FM, citing Afrin hospital, named the fatalities.
All other sources blamed Turkey for the civilian harm. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on July 4th: “Turkey begins its war against Syrian Kurds by killing citizens of an Arab family in the northern countryside of Aleppo. A woman and two of her children died and eight others were wounded.”
Defend Afrin put the death toll at four civilians with 10 more wounded.
Aylina Kilic published testimony from 40-year-old Sabah Isa, who was reportedly wounded in the Turkish shelling. She said: “Was it a mortar or shell, I don’t know…They fired it and I was on the balcony. I told the children to come inside. They were firing at the garden and surroundings””.
A report by Sputnik quoted Rezan Hedo, a member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council, who said: “Turkish artillery has shelled the villages of Kastel Cindo, Maryamayn, Jalbul and Shagura on the outskirts of Afrin. Two children and a woman died following the shelling in the village of Kafr Antun”.
Ali Ozkok added that 13 YPG fighters were also killed.
Multiple sources published images of casualties – including children – being treated in a medical facility. Graphic footage by Aylina Kilic appeared to show dead civilians.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members
(7)
Ghazaleh al-Yousef
40 years old
female
killed
Muawiya al-Yousef
13 years old
male
killed
Tabarak al-Yousef
10 years old
male
killed
Khansa al-Yousef
13 years old
female
injured
Randa al-Yousef
23 years old
female
injured
Fida Yousef
19 years old
female
injured
Ayya al-Yusuf
16 years old
female
injured
The victims were named as:
Sabah Isa
40 years old
female
injured
Ayah, the daughter of Fida Hikmat Yousef
12 years old
female
killed
Amira Yousef
12 years old
killed
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafar Anton village, Shahaba (كفرعنطون), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.506389, 37.039444. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
