Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2880

Incident date

January 10, 2018

Location

كفرسجنة, Kafr Sajneh, Hama, Syria

Geolocation

35.5261134, 36.5813398 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A child, Ayman Abdelkader El Sayed, died from his wounds “a few days” after an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Sajneh, local media reported. Both sources blamed Russia.

Only two sources reported on the child’s death. One of them described the raid as a Russian “missile attack”.

There were no reports of wounded and no other details given.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ayman Abdelkader El Sayed
Child male killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafr Sajneh (كفرسجنة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.5261134, 36.5813398. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (2) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Ayman Abdelkader El Sayed died from his wounds days after an alleged Russian airstrike, 10th Jan 2018. (via VDC)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (2) [ collapse]