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(Previous Incident Codes: R2083RS2223)
Between five and six civilians were killed, and others were wounded, following an airstrike on the residential neighbourhood of Al A’ridi, local media reported. Sources all agreed that Russian warplanes were to blame for the raids.
According to @Huthaifamu94, this was the third massacre which had occurred in Deir Ezzor on the 9th of May 2017.
Although the Violations Documentation Centre named three adult males and one adult female, many sources also named three children.
Smart news reported that the vicinity was under control of ISIS.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al A’ridi (العريضي), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.182825, 37.926156. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.