Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Syrian Arab Republic on Sat 24th October 2015

At least two types of airdropped cluster munitions were used in attacks on the town of Hayyan and its surroundings on October 22 and 24, killing at least one civilian and injuring 10, according to a local first responder and photographs and video footage Human Rights Watch reviewed.

[...] Abu Nidal said that cluster munitions were again used, this time in the center of the town, between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on October 24. First, there was a huge explosion, he said. Then cluster munitions fell over the same area. Abu Nidal same that some of the cluster munitions were similar to those used on October 22, but that others were of a different type, “the size of your hand,” he said. Human Rights Watch identified the cluster munitions as an RBK-500 AO-2.5RT cluster bomb with AO-2.5RT submunitions.