Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A mother and her two children were killed along with another woman in a suspected Russian cruise missile strike on the town of Darat Izza.
Amnesty International later reported: “More than six residential buildings with at least a dozen homes were destroyed by the attack according to an eyewitness interviewed by Amnesty International as well as reports of human rights organisations. Information provided by local human rights defenders, Syrian human rights organisations and video clips of the aftermath of the attack reviewed by Amnesty International indicated that there was widespread destruction and damage but no military casualties nor any armed presence in the town.”
The dead were later named by Al Kanana Hospital and VDC.
Russia claimed ‘civilian objects were not damaged‘ by 26 cruise missiles fired that day. According to Amnesty, “The Ministry of Defence did not clarify the exact locations of the strikes, but a map in a video that it released indicates that one of the strike points was in or in the immediate vicinity of Darat Izza. Weapons experts advised Amnesty International that images of remnants of the missile indicated that it was of a model used by the Russian navy, a Novatur 3M14 Kalibr-NK.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
The victims were named as:
Summary
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Talal Mohammad Bazar, shortly before his death from injuries sustained in an alleged Russian airstrike, Darat Izza Oct 7th 2015 (via al Kanana Hospital) -
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Safa Mohammad Bazaz, killed in an alleged Russian strike Darat Izza Oct 7th 2015 (via al Kanana Hospital) -
'Fragment of a Russian cruise missile' recovered at Darat Izza October 7th 2015 (via Amnesty)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Darrat Izza, for which the generic coordinates are: 36.28247, 36.85216. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia made no specific reference to strikes in Aleppo for October 7th 2015.