Target Civilians Weapons Aerial bombs | Attack type Airstrike Deaths 41-48+ | |
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Location Maarrat al-Nu'man and Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria Date April 19, 2016; 10 months ago (2016-04-19)
~12:00 PM (Eastern European Time) | ||
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.
The bombings
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.
References
April 2016 Idlib bombings Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA