ALEPPO. – Four Armenians were killed as a result of Thursday’s missile attack in Aleppo, Syria, by terrorists.

The “moderate opposition” militants shelled the primarily Armenian-populated Sulaymaniyah and Nor Kiugh (New Village, in Armenian) districts as well as several other regions, informed the press service of the National Prelacy of Aleppo of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Nor Kiugh, especially the surroundings of the Holy Trinity Armenian Church, were subjected to the most intense shelling.

A missile fell on a store, and as a result, Armenians Vazken Jabaghchurian, Hovsep Chanetsian, Levon Kelkhacherian, and Khachig Apulaputian were killed.