Middle East
Syrian warplanes bomb Aleppo, killing 25: Source
At least 25 dead as regime warplanes drop massive bomb on crowded market, opposition sources say
Felix Nkambeh Tih |
21.09.2015 - Update : 21.09.2015
Syrian men inspect damaged buildings and vehicles following bomb attacks by Assad regime forces on a market in the opposition controlled al-Shaar neighbourhood of of Aleppo, Syria on September 21, 2015.
ALEPPO, Syria
Twenty five people were killed and scores injured by a bomb attack carried out by the Syrian air force in an opposition-held neighborhood of Aleppo, according to opposition sources.
At least 25 people were killed and another 40 wounded when regime warplanes dropped a massive bomb on a crowded market in the northern city, sources said.
The injured have since been brought to Aleppo’s Sahra Hospital for treatment.
According to hospital officials, most of those injured are in serious condition.
Local activist Mervan Salim said that casualties from the attack included a number of women and children.
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