Terrorist attacks in Aleppo and Daraa kill five civilians, injure 10 others

Aleppo/Daraa, SANA – Five civilian were killed and nine others were injured Saturday in terrorist rocket attacks on Aleppo city.

A source at Aleppo Police Command said that terrorists fired five rocket shells at the area around the Municipal Palace and in Saadallah al-Jaberi Square, killing three including two young brothers and inflicting injuries of varying severity on six others, in addition to causing material damage to public and private properties.

The source also said that terrorists fired 10 rocket shells at al-Shahbaa neighborhood and the area around al-Hikma Hospital in al-Andalus neighborhood, killing two women, injuring three others, and causing material damage to houses, public properties, and infrastructure.

Later in the day, armed terrorists group targeted residential neighborhoods in Daraa city with machinegun fire in an arbitrary manner, injuring one person.

A source at Daraa Police Command said that terrorists located in al-Karak neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad area in the city targeted al-Sahari neighborhood on Saturday afternoon with gunfire at a time when markets were crowded with locals, injuring one young man who was hospitalized.

H. Said/Hazem Sabbagh

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