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Media activist Jummah Al Ahmad was one of two civilians killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hayyan, according to reports. According to the White Helmets “A mosque was totally destroyed and two civil defence team members injured in Hayyan centre, Ali Hayek and Ahmad Sarraj” in the attack.
A second victim was later named by VDC as Mohammad Yehya Seraj.
In its obituary of Juma al Ahmad (who had died shortly after the airstrike of his injuries), Shabha Press Agency wrote: “He died from wounds sustained by the bombing of the Russian occupation planes on Hayan City on Tuesday evening, during his media work. Abu Noor was born in 1981, he is married and has four children, and worked with the agency Shahba Press since the beginning of its founding year 2013, and covered many of the battles and massacres committed by the Assad regime in Syria.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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A mosque at Hayyan said to have been badly damaged in a Russian airstrike (via White Helmets)
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The aftermath of bombing Hayyan (via White Helmets)
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two civil defence team members were injured in Hayyan centre ((via White Helmets)
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Juma Al Ahmad, media activist born in Hayan town in 1981. (via SNHR)
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Jummah Al Ahmad (via VDC)
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Mohammad Yehya Seraj (via VDC)
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