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(Previous Incident Code: R736)
Seven non-combatants from the same family died in an airstrike on Banis, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible.
LCCSY said that a family of seven died in a strike by Russian warplanes using cluster bombs.
Iraq gate also put the death toll at seven and also blamed Russia.
According to Alitihad Press, “Russian warplanes targeted the homes of civilians in the with several cluster rockets, killing nine people, including seven members of one family, and injuring dozens more. There was also widespread damage to civilian buildings.”
However, SRG attributed the incident to “regime warplanes”.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Binnish (بنش), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.958429, 36.711587. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Media From Sources (4)
#الاتحاد_برس: مجزرة في بنش بريف ادلب وقصف بالفوسفور على شارع بغداد بريف حلب الشمالي https://t.co/T7Jms0UMpu - #Syria_feed
— Syria feed (@syria_feed) June 2, 2016
#ادلب سبعة شهداء من عائلة واحدة جراء استهداف الطيران الروسي اطراف مدينة #بنش في الريف الشمالي بالقنابل العنقودية... https://t.co/2r7KB8kAo0
— LCCSY (@LccSy) June 2, 2016