At 16:40 local time, on Monday, January 8, 2025, one civilian, Khader Mustafa Abdo, was killed, and at least five others were reported injured following an alleged Turkish drone attack, striking a car repair garage in the city of Sarrin, south of Kobani, in the Aleppo governorate of Syria.

Multiple sources, including ANF, Hawar News Agency, SOHR, Foxpress, and Ronahi TV, stated that the strike hit a local car maintenance workshop and resulted in the death of a civilian mechanic working at the site. The names of the injured were not disclosed, but all were described as fellow workers in the garage.

Hawar News Agency reported: “A car repair garage in the city of Sarrin, south of Kobani, was bombed at 16:40 by a Turkish occupation drone, which resulted in the martyrdom of a worker and the injury of five others.” Similar wording appeared across multiple Kurdish-aligned outlets.

Foxpress, posting on Facebook, reported a slightly higher injury count, stating: “A Turkish drone targeted a car maintenance workshop in the Sarin district, south of the city of Kobani, this afternoon, which led to the loss of the life of a worker named Khader Mustafa Abdo and the injury of six other workers.” However, most other sources consistently reported five injuries.

SOHR confirmed the strike and casualties: “A worker in a car maintenance workshop (mechanic) was killed and 5 others were injured, after a Turkish drone bombed the workshop where he works in the Sarrin area in the countryside of Ain al-Arab (Kobani).”

When belligerents were identified, the sources consistently attributed responsibility for the attack to the Turkish military.