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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 12:45 PM Sep 2013

Students reported killed in Syria air attack

Students reported killed in Syria air attack
Activists say 12 people dead and dozens more wounded in aerial raid on secondary school in northeastern city of Raqqa.

At least 12 people, most of them students, have been killed in an air attack that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa, opposition activists say.

Graphic amateur video said to be filmed on Sunday in Raqqa, in northeastern Syria, showed several bloodied bodies strewn across a dirt yard, some torn in half.

Opposition activists based in Raqqa, a city of around 250,000 people, said there were more than 30 people wounded besides the fatalities.

Al Jazeera cannot independently verify the reports due to reporting restrictions inside Syria.

Raqqa has been under the control of fighters battling to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad since March but the city remains subject to regular aerial bombardment by government forces.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/09/student-deaths-reported-syria-air-raids-201392914391313718.html

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Students reported killed in Syria air attack (Original Post) The Straight Story Sep 2013 OP
Some deaths get more attention than others. Here's the daily grind: Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #1
Probably due to the video. bunnies Sep 2013 #2
Not saying the attack on the school isn't newsworthy. It is quite horrible. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #3
True. bunnies Sep 2013 #4
 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
1. Some deaths get more attention than others. Here's the daily grind:
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 01:16 PM
Sep 2013
http://syriahr.com/en/index.php?option=com_news&nid=897&Itemid=2&task=displaynews#.UkhfVdLUmDk

From the Syrian Human Rights Observatory:

The dead include:

38 civilians
22 rebel fighters
45 regular soldiers
11 unidentified rebel fighters
9 NDF combatants
3 ISIS fighters
8 non-Syrian fighters from the ISIS, al-Nusra and rebel factions.

- In Reef Dimashq 12 civilians and 12 rebel fighters. A man and child were killed by regime bombardment on ar eas of A'rbin city. 3 men were killed by regime bombardment on M'adamiyat al-Sham. 2 men (1 from Douma and 1 from al-Zabadani) were tortured to death in regime prisons. 1 child from al-Mansoura of al-Qalamoun was killed by regime bombardment on the village. 1 man from Kafrbatna city was killed by regime bombardment on the city. 2 men from al-Zabadani were killed by bombardment on al-Zabadani and Bloudam. 1 man was killed by a detonated car explosion near the al-Sahel (Khaled Ibn al-Walid) mosque of al-Sahel area in the perimeter of the Rankous town. 12 rebel fighters, including a rebel commander, were killed by clashes in al-Ghouta al-Sharqiya and al-Qalamoun, the 1 of which was killed by regime bombardment on areas of A'rbin city.

- In Homs is 5 civilians and 1 rebel fighter were killed. A man, woman and child were killed by regime bombardment on areas of al-Husun ​​city. 1 man from al-Qseir city died of wounds received earlier by regime bombardment on areas of Yabroud city. 1 man from al-Wa'er neighbourhoods was killed by a rocket that fell on the neighbourhood. 1 rebel fighter was killed by clashes and bombardment in the perimeter of the Oum Sharshouh village.

- In Dera'a 7 civilians and 5 rebel fighters were killed. 2 children from the A'qraba town were killed by a land mine. 1 child from Dera'a al-Balad was shot in the al-Manshiya neighbourhood. 1 man from the al-Sabil neighbourhood was shot by sniper in the neighbourhood. 1 man was shot in Dera'a al-Mahatta. 2 were killed by an air raid on parts of Tafes city. 1 rebel fighter was killed by clashes in the perimeter of the Gharz prison. 1 rebel fighter was killed by clashes with regular forces in the perimeter of al-Saraya. 3 rebel fighters were killed by clashes in the perimeter of the al-Jamrak al-Qadim checkpoint of Dera'a al-Balad.

- In al-Qneitra 4 civilians and 1 rebel fighter were killed. A man and child from the al-Rafid town were killed by regime bombardment on areas of Mukhayem Dera'a of Dera'a province. 2 children were killed by regime bombardment on the al-Sultaniya village. 1 rebel fighter was killed by clashes with regular forces in Dera'a city.

- In Hama 6 civilians were killed. A man in his wife from the Hialeen village were killed by regime bombardment on Reef al-Jadida. A man was found dead with traces of torture on his body after he was detained by the popular defence committees in Tal Agher village, based on activists from the area. 1 man from the Tal Hwash area was shot by sniper. 1 man from the Bab Qabli neighbourhood of Hama city was tortured to death in regime prisons. 1 man from the al-Jarajma neighborhood died of wounds, activists accused regular forces of beating him after they raided his house.

- In Aleppo province 3 civilians and 1 rebel fighter were killed. 2 children were shot in the al-Heidariya neighbourhood. 1 man was shot by unknown gunmen in the Masaken Hanano neighbourhood. 1 rebel fighter was tortured to death in regime prisons.

- In Deir Izzor 1 media activist was killed by shrapnel from the shell that fell on areas of the Khsarat neighborhood of Deir Izzor city.

- In Idlib 1 rebel fighter died of wounds received by clashes with regular



2 civilians and 1 rebel fighter were documented as killed earlier. 1 man from the B'adteli village of A'frin in Aleppo died 8 days earlier of wounds received by sniper fire at the Karaj al-Hajz crossing in Bustan al-Qasr of Aleppo city. A 12 year-old child was killed by an air raid on parts of al-Hader town. 1 rebel fighter from al-Qaboun was killed by clashes with regular forces in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus.

- Reports that 1 man from Masaken Hanano was shot by unknown gunmen. Reports that the popular defense committees detained a child from the Tal Agher village of Reef Hama who was later found dead with traces of torture on her body, based on activists from the area.

- 3 were killed by shells that fell on areas of Dahiyat al -Majd in A'dra and the Bloudan town of Reef



At least 3 ISIS fighters were killed by clashes with YPG fighters in in the area in between the Jandeiras suburb of Reef Aleppo and the Atama town of Reef Idlib.

- 11 unidentified rebel fighters were killed by clashes in several provinces.

- 8 non-Syrian fighters from the ISIS, al-Nusra front and rebel factions were killed by clashes with regular forces and NDF combatants in several



At least 45 regular soldiers, including 7 officers, were killed by attacks on centres, IED attacks, rocket bombardment, clashes, and sniper fire in several provinces: 26 in Damascus and Reef Dimashq, 7 Dera'a, 2 Hama, 5 Aleppo and 5 in Homs.
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bunnies

(15,859 posts)
2. Probably due to the video.
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 01:28 PM
Sep 2013

And the fact that it was a school. The video is incredibly horrific. I saw it, unfortunately.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
3. Not saying the attack on the school isn't newsworthy. It is quite horrible.
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 01:33 PM
Sep 2013

But these "atrocity exhibition" stories leave a misleading impression of the totality of the conflict.

It seems like 100-150 people get killed every day, pretty evenly divided between civilians, rebels, and regime forces.

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
4. True.
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 01:52 PM
Sep 2013

I agree with your point.

I honestly do not understand how humans exist under those conditions. Seeing images like that in person, every day, right where you live. When puddles of blood on the street and fragmented bodies become the norm...

I cant imagine.

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