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Two civilians including a woman died, and more than four others were wounded in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Afrin, according to local media.
Afrin Now revealed a 70-year-old man was killed in the incident and the second victim, a 50-year-old woman, was indicated by Maf News.
However, a tweet in reply to the source Bekodo suggested that Amina Shahin was not a civilian – and an image was published of her holding a gun. Furthermore, Nuce Kurd and Bas News reported that it was Amina Shain who died of the heart attack, brought on my fear and panic.
According to Hawar, Turkish occupation planes destroyed two gunmen in the city of Afrin after five air strikes targeted it.
At approximately 23:30 local time, the Turkish planes targeted two farmers. The first to slaughter the sheep of Al Shaab municipality and the second to slaughter the chickens, which are one kilometre southwest of Afrin.
The shelling resulted in the deaths of the gunmen and the deaths of 15 sheep, and wounded three civilians.
There were five wounded civilians indicated by several sources.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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50-year-old Amina Shahin was killed as a result of the Turkish bombardment of Afrin city, 8th February 2018. (via Afrin Now) -
A picture shows the exact moment the airstrike hit Afrin due to an alleged Turkish airstrike, 8th February 2018. (via: Afrin now facebook)
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A picture shows the exact moment the airstrike hit Afrin due to an alleged Turkish airstrike, 8th February 2018. (via: Afrin now facebook)
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A picture shows the exact moment the airstrike hit Afrin due to an alleged Turkish airstrike, 8th February 2018. (via: SDF)
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A picture shows the exact moment the airstrike hit Afrin due to an alleged Turkish airstrike, 8th February 2018. (via: SDF)
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A picture shows the victim Abdul Qadir Othman, killed by an alleged Turkish airstrike on Afrin, 8th February 2018. (via: Afrin now) -
A tweet in response to the death of 50-year-old Amina Shahin claiming she is not a civilian. This image here shows her holding an AK47. (via Bekodo)
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Civilians huddle for protection in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Afrin, 8th February 2018. (via MirovKeberd)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Afrin city (عفرين), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.511389, 36.864167. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.