Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS4374

Incident date

January 28, 2020

Location

بشنطرة, Bashantra, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

One person died and an unspecified number of others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Bashranta on January 28, 2020, according to local media. The Violations Documentation Center whether the person killed was a civilian.

Both the Shahba Press and Zaiton Agency released reports of multiple civilians killed due to the strike upon Bashantra. These reports were later amended by Halab Today, Step Agency, and Shaam News to be one individual was killed and others wounded.  No exact numbers or the name of the deceased was released.

The Violations Documentation Center in Syria reported that a non-civilian was killed in Russian missile attacks on Bashantra.

The airstrikes on the 28th on Bashantra were resorted to be part of a coordinated set of strikes upon civilian areas.

Halab TV reported that the warplanes involved were those of the Assad regime while Jesr Press attributed the strikes to Russia.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Sources (18) [ collapse]