26 minutes agoAir strike at Syria refugee camp, five children killed
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Five children and four adults were killed by a missile attack that hit a refugee camp and a school in Syria's Idlib region. Fortunately, most students had left school only ten minutes before the bombing, but there were still some children playing in front of school”, said [...]
Fortunately, most students had left school only ten minutes before the bombing, but there were still some children playing in front of school”, Mustafa Al Rashid, spokesperson for the Civil Protection Office in Sarmin town, said.
He was in the office at the attack moment and immediately went to the scene to find survivors. The missile reportedly fell between a school and a refugee camp, damaging the two buildings.
In addition to nine deaths, 19 people were injured in the attack. Among them is a serious teacher.
The town Sarmin lies east of Idlib and has recently become a refuge for displaced persons because of the air strikes of Assad's forces and the Russian Army. According to the United Nations, 235 thousand civilians have fled their homes in recent weeks.
Naji Al Mustafa, spokesman for the National Liberation Front, said the missile used in this attack was the type “Tochka”, produced in Russia. According to him, this missile has an action ray between 70 and 90 kilometers and carries smaller bombs, which are distributed to cover a surface of 100 square meters, writes the “The Guardian”, Report Express.
