Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R3211

Incident date

August 5, 2017

Location

بداما , Bdama, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One child was killed when a cluster bomb dropped in a previous airstrike exploded in Bdama, local media reported.

EdlibEMC said that the bomb was dropped by Russia, though the other sources didn’t identify the culprit.

It was not clear when the munitions was dropped.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Waseem Abdullah Baksarwai
Child male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]