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At least one child was injured in alleged Turkish shelling on the village of Malak on October 2, 2021.
According to Alyaum TV, a civilian who was tending to his sheep was injured in Turkish shelling of the village of Malak.
Xeber 24 reported that the civilian injured was a 16 year old boy named Adel Muslim and he was transferred to Ain Issa district hospital to be treated for his wounds. At the time of the strikes, Adel was grazing his sheep near the Ain Issa camp when a shell landed near him and hit him.
All of the sources that reported on the strike attributed the shells to Turkish forces.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Malak (معلك), allegedly located 1km west of Ain Issa (عين عيسى). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Ain Issa are: 36.386051, 38.860960.