One person killed, 29 others injured in terrorist rocket attacks in Daraa city

Daraa, SANA – In a new violation of the Russian memorandum on de-escalation zones in Syria, the armed groups targeted the residential neighborhoods in Daraa city with rocket shells, leaving one person killed and 29 others injured.

SANA reporter said rockets fired by armed groups hit the highly populated al-Sabil neighborhood, leaving a 7-year-old child seriously injured and causing material damage to houses and infrastructure in the neighborhood.

Another shell smashed into a house in al-Matar neighborhood, leaving one person dead, while 15 other people were injured, including a child and several women, when other shells hit the grocery market and the surroundings of a center for people with disabilities in al-Kashif neighborhood.

Meanwhile, a source at Daraa Firefighting Center told SANA reporter that firefighters are working on quenching 5 fires in Daraa city that were caused by the shelling.

SANA reporter earlier said that the armed groups fired Saturday morning rocket shells on the neighborhoods of al-Sahari and Shamal al-Khat and the surroundings of the governmental complex, causing casualties among civilians and material damage to houses and public and private properties.

H. Said