(Previous Incident Code: R3473)

A young civilian male from the town of Latamna was killed by Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Al Zakat in Hama on May 8th, 2019, according to local sources.

@HalabTodayTV wrote that “a young man from the town of Al Latamneh was killed by artillery shelling on the village of Zakat in the northern countryside of Hama”. The Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the victim as Fawaz Abdo al Saleh, blaming the regime for his death.

Smart News Agency wrote that, according to local activists, the artillery shelling came from a Russian base north of the city of Mahrada.

Sources were conflicted whether the man was killed by a Russian airstrike or artillery fired by the regime or Russia. However, most sources blamed regime artillery.