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Sixteen or 17 civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Zaitouniat neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to local media.
Smo-sy reported: “five civilians were killed and others were wounded in the Al Zaitouniat area in the Halak district today [Sept 30th], following Russian bombardment raids.”
Several sources mentioned the use of bunker busters which caused heavy damage to buildings in the neighbourhood.
Thiqanewsagency wrote on Twitter that ten people were killed. Meanwhile, Halab News reported the highest death count of 17 victims.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of al Zaitouniat (الزيتونات), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.19885, 37.155762. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.