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| RT films aftermath of deadly shelling of residential areas in Aleppo (GRAPHIC) | RT films aftermath of deadly shelling of residential areas in Aleppo (GRAPHIC) |
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| An RT crew witnessed first-hand the aftermath of heavy rocket attacks on residential areas in the government-controlled areas of Aleppo. At least three people have been killed. A bomb landed on a house just sixty meters away from an RT car heading back after completing a report. | An RT crew witnessed first-hand the aftermath of heavy rocket attacks on residential areas in the government-controlled areas of Aleppo. At least three people have been killed. A bomb landed on a house just sixty meters away from an RT car heading back after completing a report. |
| Three civilians, two of them women, died while 29 more were injured in the government-controlled part of the city, Syrian SANA news agency said. | |
| RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev, who is in Aleppo, reports that the attacks which started late Saturday night lasted well into the following day. | RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev, who is in Aleppo, reports that the attacks which started late Saturday night lasted well into the following day. |
| “Especially yesterday night it was very vicious, very tense,” Gazdiev said, adding that the shelling of government controlled areas “is not stopping” completely, rather varying its level. | “Especially yesterday night it was very vicious, very tense,” Gazdiev said, adding that the shelling of government controlled areas “is not stopping” completely, rather varying its level. |
| According to the reporter, the attackers used so-called “gas bottle bombs” while pelting the residential areas. | According to the reporter, the attackers used so-called “gas bottle bombs” while pelting the residential areas. |
| “This is literally a gas bottle filled with explosives, nails and screws. These things are made to kill and destroy,” Gazdiev said, adding that lots of these bombs were used in the latest shelling. | “This is literally a gas bottle filled with explosives, nails and screws. These things are made to kill and destroy,” Gazdiev said, adding that lots of these bombs were used in the latest shelling. |
| He noted that the weapon is also “particularly dangerous” since it can seriously damage and even destroy houses. | He noted that the weapon is also “particularly dangerous” since it can seriously damage and even destroy houses. |
| According to RT’s reporter, one of the victims was a 13-year-old girl named Sara who was killed alongside her 20-year-old brother. | |
| “From what we understand as of yet three people have died, including one under-aged girl, Sara is her name. Her brother, a 20-year-old student was also killed as well as one more woman,” Gazdiev said. | |
| “As for Sara, we travelled to her house; there is tremendous destruction over there. And we saw and filmed the rescue workers basically picking her out of the rubble”. | |
| Getting Sara’s body out of the rubble took several hours, the RT reporter said. The father “basically went crazy” over the loss of both his children, Gazdiev added. | |
| He noted that more injured or killed could be found in the coming hours. | |
| “It’s very dangerous here, there is lots of shelling. It is continuing and it is not stopping.” | |
| The RT crew even witnessed a shell landing on the roof of a house which was “just 60 meters” away from the car Murad Gazdiev and his team were travelling in. | |
| Aleppo is currently divided into the eastern part held by the militants, including Al-Nusra Front terrorists, and the rest of the city under the control of government forces. | |
| Earlier in October, UN Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said he was ready to personally accompany Al-Nusra fighters out of the city so they could leave for other parts of Syria. According to the UN, it received “a negative response” from the militants. |