Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Two civilians were killed and the son of one of them injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media sources.
All of the known sources identified Russian warplanes as being responsible for the attack.
Most sources reported that one female civilian had been killed and her son injured, however, the Violations Documentation Centre in Syria had one other civilian listed as being killed from “warplane shelling” by “Russian troops” in Khan Sheikhoun on that day.
LCCSY added that the woman who died had been displaced from al Latamna in the Hama countryside.
In total there were four raids on Khan Sheikhoun by Russian forces according to the source, Othman al-Khani.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Khan Sheikhoun (خان شيخون), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.440813, 36.6493607. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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55 year old Mohammad Shaker Idrees was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Khan Sheikhoun. 8th April 2017. (Via: VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between April 1st - 31st 2017.