Civilians flee gunfire in east Aleppo, four dead

Harrowing video emerged online on Friday showing people destined for evacuation fleeing gunfire in eastern Aleppo. Four people were allegedly killed.

These ppl waited in cold & rain all day to leave E. Aleppo, only to flee in panic amid gunfire after deal broke down. One guy crying /1 pic.twitter.com/HwZEAW6cPA
— Anne Barnard (@ABarnardNYC) December 17, 2016

Middle East Eye’s contributor Zouhir al-Shimale was at the scene and confirmed what happened.

“In the eastern part of the city, they started shooting people. Around 1,000 people in the street ran and yelled ‘save your lives’. The chaos was pretty unbelievable.”

We're around 1000 they took us after we reached regime's areas,handcuffs us,killed 4 & told us that it's pay back then we came back#Aleppo
— زهير الشمالي (@ZouhirAlShimale) December 16, 2016

According to an Al Jazeera report, four people were killed in the gunfire in the besieged districts of Aleppo by pro-Assad soldiers.

"They forced us out of the vehicles, forced us to lay flat on the ground, stripped us of our clothes and then we heard gunfire," a suspect told Al Jazeera.

"When we looked up, we noticed three or four people were killed."