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Up to nine civilians including eight members of the civil defense died in alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes in an “unprecedented bombing campaign” on Kafr Zita, according to local media.
Eight of the victims were killed in a strike on a civil defense shelter, including Hassan Hammoud Arfat, a paramedic and Ahmad Nayef al Hussein, a media activist. A number of civilians were wounded.
Activists in the city called it an “unprecedented bombing campaign”, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing all day. As well as the Civil Defense Centre, mosques and residential neighborhoods were strucknwith cluster bombs and high-explosive rockets.
The city’s hospital was struck again for the second consecutive day. Sources told Smart News Agency that the radiation and emergency centers were destroyed, putting the hospital out of service permanently.
Medical staff were injured including Mazen Al-A’raj, the hospital’s administrative director and brother of one of those killed.
The hospital’s Director of Information claimed the Russian warplanes belonged to Hmeimim air base.
A military source told Al Khaleej that the airstrikes were retaliation for the large losses the regime and its supporters suffered in previous weeks.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the hospital in Kafr Zita, April 29th 2017 (via Baladi)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the hospital in Kafr Zita, April 29th 2017 (via Baladi)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the hospital in Kafr Zita, April 29th 2017 (via Baladi)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the hospital in Kafr Zita, April 29th 2017 (via Baladi)
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Members of the White Helmets killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Karf Zita, April 29th 2017 (via Aksalser )
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'Ahmad Nayef al Hussein, media activist, from al Zakat village in Hama governorate northern suburbs, killed in Syrian-Russian alliance warplanes missiles fired on Kafr Zita in Hama governorate northern suburbs, April 29, 2017.' (via SN4HR)
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'Hasan Hamoud Arafat, born in 1988, ambulance driver from Kafr Zita city in Hama governorate northern suburbs, killed in Syrian-Russian alliance warplanes missiles fired on the vicinity of Center 107 of the Civil Defense in Kafr Zita city as he was heading with the emergency teams to evacuate victims of earlier shelling on the center, April 29, 2017.' (via SN4HR)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita, April 29th (via Step)