Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Three children were killed and another one was injured as remnants from a possible Russian-launched cluster bomb exploded in al-Houta, Aleppo, local media reported.
HalabTodayTV’s correspondent reported “the death of three children in the town of Hoota rural southern Aleppo by a bomb explosion from the remnants of the previous shelling of the town.”
The Civil Defence added to the reports that two of the victims were the children of a volunteer named Younis Mahmoud.
Jsirtv reported that besides the three fatalities, one person was left wounded.
Step News Agency reported that the cluster bomb was carried out by Russia in a previous strike. The remaining sources did not identify the responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of al-Houta, Aleppo (الهوتة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.43222222, 37.74444444. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between February 1st - 28th 2018.