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Six civilians including four children from the same family were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Afrin city’s Al Ashrafiya neighbourhood, local media reported.
According to SDF Press, the Turkish invasion army used heavy weapons to target civilian neighbourhoods in Afrin at night and focused on the bombing of Ashrafieh.
Multiple sources have identified six named the victims.
Hewar news reported that six civilians were injured and seven cars were burned by the Turkish bombing.
Mutlu Civiroglu published a video showing burning cars following reported artillery attacks. The report added that sources said jets are flying over the skies.
Hawar news provided some more detail, explaining that the Turkish occupation army shelled late last night the centre of Afrin district, injuring six members of one family, and burning seven cars. This happened at about 1 am after midnight, with artillery shells landing in populated areas.
The father of the injured children spoke to Dilsoz dildar: “I have four kids, we were at home, we switched the lights out and went to bed. A plane fired at our house and the ceiling fell on top of us while we were asleep. God, the neighbours and the young men came and pulled us out from under the roof. I have two rooms in my house they both collapsed, we came out injured and broken. This is a local neighbourhood there are no military no brigades no weapons.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (5)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Al Ashrafiya neighbourhood, Afrin (حي الأشرفيه), 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.
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