Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2657

Incident date

October 24, 2017

Location

بياعية الدناش, Baya'eyat Al-Danash, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

35.699826, 37.117739 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One child was killed, and between one and five other civilians were injured, following airstrikes on Baya’eyat Al-Danash, Aleppo, local media reported. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes, however one local source did not attribute blame to any belligerent.

Initial reporting suggested that two women were injured and a child was killed. But other sources were unspecific on numbers, reporting there were “several casualties among the civilians”, suggesting both dead and wounded.

SDF Aleppo published images reporting that “The Civil Defence team went to the scene and recovered the wounded from the rubble and brought them to the medical points.”

Step News specified that the Russian warplanes “targeted” the vicinity “after midnight with rocket rockets”.

The following day on the 25th, the Smart News Agency said that there were as many as five wounded civilians from this casualty event.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Baya’eyat Al-Danash, Aleppo (بياعية الدناش), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.699826, 37.117739. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Members of the Civil Defence pulling a family of wounded civilians from the rubble following an airstrike on their home, Baya'eyat Al-Danash, 24th October 2017/ (via SCD Aleppo)
  • Members of the Civil Defence pulling a family of wounded civilians from the rubble following an airstrike on their home, Baya'eyat Al-Danash, 24th October 2017/ (via SCD Aleppo)
  • Members of the Civil Defence pulling a family of wounded civilians from the rubble following an airstrike on their home, Baya'eyat Al-Danash, 24th October 2017/ (via SCD Aleppo)
  • Members of the Civil Defence pulling a family of wounded civilians from the rubble following an airstrike on their home, Baya'eyat Al-Danash, 24th October 2017/ (via SCD Aleppo)

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]