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At least three civilians were reportedly killed, and others – including woman and children – were injured in an alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime forces airstrike on Ein Tarma town in Eastern Ghouta, March 19th, 2018, according to local media sources.
Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) said on their Facebook page that “Russian warplanes targeted residential areas with an air strike at 7:30 AM, destroying a building on its residents and causing civilian casualties. After three hours of work, two children, two women and a man were rescued from the rubble. The teams were unable to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs”.
@aboalhodaalhoms published images of some of the casualties, including two pictures of children; in one of the pictures the child was obviously dead; in the second it was unclear whether the victim had been killed or seriously wounded.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR), Smart News Agency and Shahba news blamed the Russian forces and the Syrian regime forces, while Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) pointed to Russian forces as responsible.
According to the Violations Documentation Centre, three unidentified adult males were killed in warplane shelling by the “Syrian government and affiliated militias”.
According to SMART Agency “The civil defense said civilians were killed and wounded as a result of a raid by Russian warplanes on the town of Ein Tirma (6 km east of Damascus), but the intensity of the shelling did not allow the bodies to be pulled from the rubble, where the number remained unknown while the volunteers managed to take out two children, two women and a man only.”
The Step News Agency noted “10 raids on Ein Tarma town”.
The incident occured at approximately 7:30 am local time.
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Destruction caused by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces on Ein Tarma, March 19th, 2018. (Barada)
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A child killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces on Ein Tarma, March 19th, 2018. (DMC) -
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A child killed in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike on Ein Tarma, March 19th, 2018. (DMC) -
A child injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike on Ein Tarma in Eastern Ghouta, March 19th, 2018. (DMC)