April 2016 Idlib bombings | |
Location: | Maarrat al-Nu'man and Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria |
Target: | Civilians |
Time: | ~12:00 PM |
Timezone: | Eastern European Time |
Type: | Airstrike |
Fatalities: | 41-48+[1] |
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Perpetrators: | Syrian Arab Air Force (unclear)[2] Russian Air Force (unclear) |
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Weapons: | Aerial bombs |
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The April 2016 Idlib bombings are two separate aerial bombardments on marketplaces in the rebel-held towns of Maarrat al-Nu'man and Kafr Nabl in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. The bombings killed more than 40 civilians and was described as a massacre by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.[3]
Around noon on 19 April 2016, the marketplace near the center of Maarrat al-Nu'man was hit by an airstrike, killing more than 38 civilians and wounding others. Simultaneously, the market in the town of Kafr Nabl was bombed, killed at least 9 people.[1]