Mortar & gas jar shelling breaks off RT periscope livestream from Aleppo (VIDEO)
RT’s Lizzie Phelan had to abruptly shut down her periscope livestream of an interview with a pro-government militia fighter from Aleppo after mortar and gas jar shelling hit the area.
Phelan livestreamed an interview with a National Defense Forces (NDF) fighter at its headquarters in the city of Aleppo.
Will be live talking to NDF (pro govt) fighter on @RT_com periscope in 40 mins from #Aleppopic.twitter.com/pzicGwafx6
— Lizzie Phelan (@LizziePhelan) September 3, 2016
The footage was captured right on the frontline of fighting taking place between pro-government forces and various militant and rebel groups in the northwest of the city.
Sorry, we had to cut out @LizziePhelan LIVE on #Periscope short because of mortar shelling nearby https://t.co/LAH0TB48yC
— RT (@RT_com) 3 сентября 2016 г.
By the end of the seventh minute of the interview a powerful strike was heard in the background. The first strike was a mortar shell. A gas jar followed shortly afterwards, Phelan said.
The interview had to be broken off for safety reasons.
I said at end of the live we'd be back, then a rocket landed nearby, so we got the message, we won't be for today @RT_com#periscope#Aleppo
— Lizzie Phelan (@LizziePhelan) September 3, 2016
A gas jar that hit Aleppo’s Al-Zahraa neigborhood, from which Phelan had been livestreaming, killed a four-year-old girl, Phelan reported on her Twitter, citing an autopsy doctor from Aleppo University Hospital. It remains unclear whether it was the same one.
Autopsy dr from #Aleppo Uni hosp told us gas jar that hit Zahra area where we were live from earlier killed 4 yr old girl 😓😓 @RT_com
— Lizzie Phelan (@LizziePhelan) September 3, 2016
Lizzie Phelan is currently in Syria covering the dire situation in the city of Aleppo, focusing on people living on the frontline and those who have been struck by rockets and mortars while in their homes.
In one of her recent reports she provided a story of a four-year-old girl, Arwa, who lost her brother in an airstrike and was severely injured herself.