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Four civilians including two children died following air and artillery strikes on Al-Shaheel, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes which “targeted residential homes”, however some did not attribute blame.
Three of the civilians who died were a mother and her two children. An elderly man was also later reported dead.
No specific numbers of injured were reported, however Sharqiya voice post an image of two children injured in the raids.
A source reported that the artillery raids were violent and heavy.
@Al_sharqnews reported that “two raids by military aircraft targeted civilian houses, the first on the public street, and the second in the area of Al alwa” – they did not blame a belligerent and also reported there were no casualties from the incident.
Alaraby News was the first news agency to reported that four people were killed in the raid.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al-Shaheel (الشحيل), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.0865, 40.45232. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Khalid Khaldun al-Mousa, killed in an air and artillery strike on Al-Shaheel, 20th October 2017. (via Euphrates Post)
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Aswad Al-Ahmad Al-Ali, killed in an air and artillery strike on Al-Shaheel, 20th October 2017. (via Euphrates Post)
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Child from the Awad al-Khudair Abu Hussein family who was injured in the air and artillery strike on Al-Shaheel, 20th October 2017. (via Sharqiya voice)
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Child from the Awad al-Khudair Abu Hussein family who was injured in the air and artillery strike on Al-Shaheel, 20th October 2017. (via Sharqiya voice)