Fresh shellings in Aleppo target Armenian sacred places

Fresh mine shellings in Aleppo, Syria have targeted a street which is home to an Armenian Catholic prelacy and an episcopal church.

The attacks have claimed lives, leaving several people injured, according to Perio News.

The incident was reported after midnight on Friday. The mine released by armed rebel groups is said to have fallen near the prelacy and the church, killing three people. It also caused damage apartments, stores and cars in the district.

In a mine attack on January 9, the district’s St. Rita Armenian Catholic Church was damaged; the reports that the building partially collapsed in the wake of the shelling.