Armed militants on Wednesday, October 5 shelled and bombarded several neighborhoods in Aleppo, including Nor Kiugh and Muhafaza districts.

As a result, two Armenians – Gaspar Shatoian (b. 1986) and Movses Movsesian (b. 1987) were killed, while another one, Varuzhan Tonapetian was wounded. The latter’s condition is assessed as stable.

Aleppo has fallen under heavy attacks time and time again since the start of the civil war in Syria, dozens of Armenians have been killed and hundreds more wounded as a result.