(Previous Incident Codes: R889RS987)

Nine named civilians including six children died and up to 11 more were injured in an airstrike on Burj Qai, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. 

The Syrian Human Rights Committee, Homs Media Centre, LCCSY and other local news centres in Homs accused Russia of the shelling.

Despite this, Halab Today, Shahba Press and several other local news sources pointed to the regime.

According to Halab Today, “regime warplane shelling in Burj Qai’ killed eight civilians and wounded 10. Most of them are in a critical condition.” Cluster bombs reportedly accompanied the airstrike which struck the Civil Defence and wounded three first aiders.

Ara News reported that the eight killed were from the same family. Furthermore, a local resident said that the family were displaced from Sneysel village.

Photographic and video evidence from the airstrike indicates that many victims were indeed children.

Local Homs Media Centre reported that seven civilians were wounded, however, the Syrian Human Rights Committee placed the numbers slightly higher at 11.