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(Previous Incident Codes: R3541 RS3752 )
Two civilians including a woman were reported killed and another woman injured in artillery shelling or airstrikes on Al-Zakat in Hama on June 2nd, 2019.
Shaam News reported the death of two civilians in airstrikes on Al Zakat, Hama, June 2nd.
The two victims were identified as Dia’a Muhammad Al-Essi and Asia Al-Saleh. The injured woman was identified as Mahasen Al-Kamel. The three civilians belong to the same family.
This source attributed the fatalities to “the Russian Air Force and the Assad Air Force”, and made reference to the use of phosphorous in their account of a number of airstrikes, including the incident in Al Zakat on June 2nd.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Zakat (الزكاة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.340000, 36.575556. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.