Airwars assessment
Six people were killed – including four women – following an alleged Russian strike on civilian homes at Abu al Khanadak. The dead were later named by VDC.
Images obtained by Shaam showed significant damage at the site.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (1)
- Tamader Mohammad Abd al-Qader al-Dandan Adult female killed
Family members (1)
- Faten Ahmad Abd al-Qader al-Dandan Adult female killed
Family members (1)
- Abd al-Hai Ahmad Abd al-Qader al-Dandan Adult male killed
- Radwan Rajab Al Mohamad Adult male killed
- Zaeilah Faraj al Yousef Adult female killed
- Najmeh Hosain al-Khaled Adult female killed
Summary
Sources (6) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes (7) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention that up to six people were killed in an airstrike in the village of Abu al Khanadak (أبو خنادق) in Hama. After investigating visual material from sources, we narrowed this location down to a compound on the northwest outskirts of the village, for which the exact coordinates are: 35.406795, 37.199541.
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed carrying out strikes in Hama governorate for October 21st-22nd 2015: “For the last 24 hours, the Russian Su-34, Su-24M, Su-25SM aircraft performed 53 combat sorties engaging 72 terrorist facilities in the Hama, Idlib, Lattakia, Damascus, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor provinces.”