2020 Afrin bombing
Terrorist attack
2020 Afrin bombing | |
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Part of the SDF insurgency in Northern Aleppo | |
Location | Afrin , Aleppo Governorate , Syria |
Date | 28 April, 2020 |
Target | Marketplace |
Attack type
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Truck bombing , mass murder |
Deaths | 53 |
Injured | 50+ |
Perpetrator |
Unknown / not claimed
YPG (Turkish claim) SNA infighting ( SDF claim) |
36°30′43″N 36°52′10″E / 36.5119°N 36.8694°E / 36.5119; 36.8694
The 2020 Afrin bombing was a truck bombing in the city of Afrin , Syria . The bombing occurred on 23 April 2020 and killing 53 people and injuring a least another 50.
Bombing
On the afternoon of 28 April 2020, a truck bombing occurred a few meters away from the governor's residence in Raju street in Afrin , Aleppo Governorate . [1] [2] [3] A bomb in a tank truck was detonated at an open-air market in Souk Ali in the city centre. [2] [3] According to the governor of the neighbouring Hatay province , across the Turkish border , the explosion was believed to have been caused by the rigging of a fuel tanker with hand grenades. [4] The attack killed at least 53 civilians (including 11 children) and 12 Turkish-backed fighters , and injured over 50 others. [2] [5] [6] [7] Many people, alongside those who got trapped in their cars were burnt to death as a result of the blast, Syrian activists disclosed. [8]
Responsibility
The Turkish government immediately blamed the People's Protection Units (YPG). [2] [3] The Syrian Democratic Council and the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces , Mazloum Abdi , condemned the bombing [9] and blamed Turkish policy, pointing out that "gangs armed by Turkey" had been involved in similar attacks. [10] [11]
According to the German Marxist newspaper Junge Welt , the nature of the attack and recent tensions suggests a jihadist group. [12] Clashes between jihadist militias regularly take place in the Afrin and Idlib regions. [13] [12] Significant tensions have recently re-emerged between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main rebel jihadist force in Idlib, and the Turkish government. [12] HTS has accused Ankara of treason since the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreed in early March 2020. The week prior to the Afrin bombing, the militiamen destroyed a Turkish tank while the Turkish Air Force allegedly destroyed a HTS base by drone. [12]
References
- ↑ "Following Afrin carnage, Turkish intelligence adopt new precautionary measures by closing all city entrances • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights" . April 29, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 "Dozens killed in truck bomb attack at Syria market" . BBC News . April 28, 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syria's Afrin" . The Straits Times . April 28, 2020.
- ↑ "Syria war: Dozens killed in truck bomb attack at Afrin market" .
- ↑ "Afrin carnage: death toll jumps to 52 persons, amid condemnation by opposition parties and organizations against Turkish authorities • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights" . The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights . 2020-04-29 . Retrieved 2021-01-01 .
- ↑ "PKK/YPG supporters rejoice in the Afrin terror attack" . PKK/YPG supporters rejoice in the Afrin terror attack . Retrieved 2021-01-01 .
- ↑ " Weekly Conflict Summary | 27 April - 3 May 2020 " (PDF). Carter Center . May 3, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Attack in Syria Town Run by Turkish-Backed Fighters Kills 40" . The New York Times .
- ↑ "القوات الكردية تنفي الاتهامات التركية بوقوفها خلف تفجير عفرين الدموي والذي تسبب بمقتل وجرح أكثر من 100 شخص • المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان" . April 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Mazlum Ebdi Efrin'deki saldırıyı kınadı" . mezopotamyaajansi.com . Archived from the original on 2020-04-30 . Retrieved 2020-05-03 .
- ↑ Faidhi Dri, Karwan (2020-04-29). "Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria condemn 'cowardly' Afrin bombing" . Rudaw.net . Retrieved 2020-05-03 .
- 1 2 3 4 "Massaker in Afrin" . junge Welt (in German). 2020-04-30 . Retrieved 2020-05-18 .
- ↑ "UN rights chief calls for Turkey to probe violations in northern Syria" . UN News . 2020-09-18 . Retrieved 2020-09-22 .
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