2019 Dhamar Airstrike

The 2019 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]

2019 Dhamar Airstrike
Part of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and the Yemeni Civil War
LocationDhamar, Yemen
Date1 September 2019 (2019-09-01)
TargetHouthis
Attack type
Airstrike
Deaths100[1]
Injured40[2](Acc. to Red Cross)
Perpetrators Saudi Arabia led coalition

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

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