Unidentified threw a bomb in Syria’s Afrin, child wounded
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – On Saturday night, unidentified individuals threw a grenade near Newroz Roundabout in the city of Afrin, northwest Syria, wounding a child girl.
Gunmen, who were in a car, threw a grenade near Newroz Roundabout in Afrin, wounding the one-and-a-half-year-old girl, Ellen Bello, with shrapnel, a local source told North Press.
The child girl was transferred to Bab al-Hawa Hospital, north of Idlib, the source added.
The source stated that it was not known to which group the gunmen, who threw the grenade, were belonged.
On March 31, an IED exploded inside a vehicle in the city of Afrin, without casualties reported.
The city of Afrin and its environs northwest Syria, have been occupied by Turkey and its affiliated armed opposition groups since March 2018.
Areas of Syria held by Turkish-backed armed groups are witnessing arbitrary detentions and assassinations, accompanied by successive explosions amid the armed groups’ inability to control security and stabilize the area.