BEIRUT (Sputnik) — According to the source, the sniper fired from a position in one of the buildings of a nearby ice production factory. The road to Aleppo is temporarily blocked, and the Syrian military forces are carrying out a special operation at the scene.
"The terrorist opened fire on the bus from the Ramuse district at the entrance to Aleppo. A child died of a bullet wound on the spot, several passengers were injured," a source in the militia told RIA Novosti.
According to staff in the central hospital in Aleppo, 136 civilians were killed by shelling of the city between April 24 and May 11.
The Syrian government signed a US-Russian brokered ceasefire with opposition forces on February 27. Terrorist organizations such as Daesh and al-Nusra Front are excluded from the truce regime.
