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Airwars assessment
A suspected Russian airstrike on the town of Kafr Nabil killed a father and his daughter while injuring the mother and son, according to reports. The dead were later named by Violations Documentation Center as Hatem Khaled al-Khatieb and his 12-year old daughter Diaa Hatem al Khatieb.
However Mr al-Khatieb was later named by All4Syria as a fighter with the rebel group Ahrar Al Sham.
Activist Raed Al Fares, from Kafr Nabil, told the Syrian Network: “A number of Russian warplanes were hovering around in the sky and each went in a different direction. When I rushed to the shelling site, the residents told me that a rocket targeted one of houses. The top floor was completely destroyed and the ground floor was greatly damaged. Also I was told that there were some injured people who have fallen. I went to the hospital and saw the injured residents. A father and his 12 years old daughter were killed and three others from the same family were injured The house is located in the western neighbourhood of Kafr nabel and it is free of any military presence next to it. We have monitoring devices which enabled us to hear the pilots talking to each other in Russian and that is how we knew they were Russians.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Kafr Nabil (كفرنبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.6152326, 36.560955. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Scene of two fatalities at Kafr Neul October 25th, following an alleged Russian airstrike (via Kefr Nabul News Network)
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Hatem Khaled Al Khateeb Kafrnabl (via News Network facebook)
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Photo of Mohammad Hatem Khatib (via All4Syria)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
The Russian Defence Ministry issued no public update for strikes on October 26th-27th 2015.