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(Previous Incident Code: R3440)
Up to two civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Bouyib in Jabal Shahshab on May 3rd, 2019, according to local sources. Two others were reportedly injured.
According to Step News Agency, one civilian was killed, while Smart News Agency put the death toll at two civilians and added that two other civilians were wounded. In another post, Smart wrote that a woman and another male civilian had been “seriously injured” in the strikes.
Syrian Mosaic reported that the airstrikes targeted the village, northwest of Hama, in the morning with a number of high-explosive missiles, killing one civilian and wounding three others. @HalabTodayTV, among other sources, reported that a young man died.
The Syrian Civil Defence posted a video of the moment their volunteers recovered the body of a young man.
All sources blamed Russia for the airstrikes.