Dhamar airstrike
Dhamar airstrike | |
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Part of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and the Yemeni Civil War | |
Location | Dhamar, Yemen |
Date | 1 September 2019 |
Target | Houthis |
Attack type | Airstrike |
Deaths | 100[1] |
Injured | 40[2] (Acc. to Red Cross) |
Perpetrators | Saudi Arabia led coalition |
The Dhamar Airstrike took place on 1 September 2019[3] when Saudi led military coalition aircraft targeted a college building in Dhamar, Yemen that was used as a detention facility by the Houthis.[4] According to the ICRC in Yemen, the airstrike killed dozens of detainees.[5]
Airstrike[]
According to the International Red Cross, Saudi-led coalition aircraft carried out an airstrike on a multistory building that served as a detention facility by the Houthis. Of the 170 persons detained at the building, 40 were treated by injuries and the rest were presumed killed.[6]
Aftermath[]
The Houthis released 290 detainees as part of a UN peace initiative, 42 of which were survivors of the airstrike.[7]
References[]
- ^ Agence France-Presse. "Red Cross says more than 100 people killed in airstrike on Yemen prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Red Cross confirms Saudi coalition bombed detention facility in Yemen, over 100 'presumed killed'". The Washington Post. September 2, 2019 – via https://www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Agence France-Presse. "Red Cross says more than 100 killed in attack on Yemen prison". Reuters. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Agence France-Presse. "Red Cross says more than 100 people killed in airstrike on Yemen prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Houthis: Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen prison, kills dozens
- ^ "Red Cross confirms Saudi coalition bombed detention facility in Yemen, over 100 'presumed killed'". The Washington Post. September 2, 2019 – via https://www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Yemeni rebels release hundreds of detainees". BBC News. September 30, 2019.
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