Four persons killed, 9 others injured and electricity outages due to rocket attack in Daraa

Daraa, SANA- Two persons were killed and 9 others, among them 6 women, were injured in armed groups’ rocket shells attack on several areas in the city of Daraa in a new violation of the Russian de-escalation zone memorandum in Syria.

SANA reporter said that a person was killed and three others, among them a woman, were injured, one of them in critical situation, in armed groups’ rocket shell fired on the entrance of al-Sharq private Hospital in al-Kashef neighborhood.

The reporter added that the rescue team of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) managed to pull two charred bodies from one of the burning vehicles after the shelling attack on the entrance of al-Sharq Hospital.

Earlier today, the source added that the armed groups positioned in the towns of al-Yadoudeh and al-Mzairib in the western countryside of Daraa on Thursday fired rocket shells on the citizens’ houses in al-Dahiya area in Daraa, killing one person and injuring 6 others, among them 5 women.

The attack also caused material damage to some houses, according to the source.

In the same context, the armed groups positioned in al-Nu’aimeh town, 4 km east of Daraa city fired rocket shells on al-Nu’aimeh power transmission plant.

A source at Daraa Electricity Company told SANA that the terrorist attack targeted the 66 kvolt and the 20kvolt lines which feed the city, causing power outages.

The armed groups repeatedly violate the de-escalation zone memorandum, which was signed on May 4, by firing rocket shells on the residential gatherings and infrastructure in Daraa and in the
countryside of Damascus and Homs, killing a number of people and causing material damage.

H. Zain/ Ghossoun

 

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