Sub-title:
American founder of the Free Burma Rangers blame the Free Syrian Army and Turkish troops for deadly shelling.
Description:
"Shelling by Turkey-backed opposition fighters killed a medic from Myanmar and wounded another Iraqi member of the humanitarian team on Sunday in northeastern Syria, where fighting between Kurdish fighters and Turkey-backed gunmen continued, the humanitarian group said.
David Eubank, a former member of US Army Special Forces and the founder of the Free Burma Rangers, said in a video that the attack occurred about 4km (three miles) from the northern town of Tal Tamr near the border with Turkey.
Eubank said the medic, Zau Seng, was hit in the head by shrapnel from a mortar shell that struck nearby as he was filming a video of the fighting.
"He died right away and we brought him here to Tal Tamr," Eubank said in the video, which also showed one of the aid group's armoured vehicles hit by shrapnel..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of Publication:
2019-11-04
Date of entry:
2019-11-04
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Geographic coverage:
Global
Language:
English
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good
