Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Local media reported that an Anatolian agency correspondent, was wounded in a rocket or mortar attack while covering Operation Olive Branch in Afrin. No source specified which belligerent the fire originated from.
According to TRT News, “Ozer was wounded in the hand and thigh by shrapnel from rocket and mortar fire at a location close to his whereabouts. After receiving first aid, Ozar was transferred to the government hospital in the town of Qreikhan in the state of Hatta”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Serb Ozer, being treated in hospital after being wounded in an alleged Turkish mortar attack on Afrin. (via TRT)
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Serb Ozer, being treated in hospital after being wounded in an alleged Turkish mortar attack on Afrin. (via Anadolu )
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Zeitounka (زيتونك), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.726107, 36.943331. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.