Airwars assessment
Up to 11 civilians including three children died and 15 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike which destroyed a four-story residential building in Aleppo’s Al Qaterji neighbourhood, local media reported.
According to BNN, earth missiles and cluster bombs were both used in the airstrike.
Smart News blamed Russian warplanes for the raid. Qasioun News also blamed Russia for the attack, as did as did Syrian Press Center and the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
However, LCCSY and other local news sources reported the airstrike to have been carried out by Assad regime warplanes.
Al Jazeera blamed both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes.
Enab Baladi reported that four people were killed in the attack. Jisrtv put the numbers slightly higher at nine.
Shahba Press added that 15 more people were wounded.
Qasioun reported that “tens were wounded, including women and children and many were taken to makeshift clinics”.
On the 19th of July, the day after the attack, Smart News reported that as many as 11 civilians had been killed with others injured, including women and children.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Omar Kassas 35 years old male killed
- Nihad Omar Kassas 12 years old killed
- Mahmood Aswad 15 years old male killed
- Mohammed Hamdo Makhzom 60 years old male killed
- Mohammed Zakko Child male killed
- An unidentified body Age unknown killed
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Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between July 16th – 27th 2016.