(Previous Incident Code: R3539)

A child was killed and seven others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Bara on June 2nd, 2019, according to local sources.

@HalabTodayTV reported that “a civilian was killed and others were wounded due to the regime air forces’ shelling in the town of Al Bara, south of Idlib, with cluster rockets.”

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that a child was killed the airstrike. According to this source, seven civilians were also injured in the attack.

Ayman Othman wrote on Facebook that Muhammad Kefah Othman was killed in the strikes on the town. The Syrian Human Rights Committee and the Syrian Network for Human Rights also identified Othman as the victim, reporting he was a child.

Other sources also reported additional wounded victims but did not specify a number. Smart News Agency reported that, according to the Syrian Civil Defence, children were among the injured. According to @blaas083, agricultural crops caught fire in the airstrikes.

According to Ayman Othman, the incident occurred “just before” Al Maghrib prayer, which takes place around sunset.

Both Russia and the Syrian regime were named by Shaam News Network as the belligerents responsible for the attack, while several sources referred only the Syrian regime. Other sources did not positively attribute blame.