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
  1. Agence France-Presse. "Red Cross says more than 100 people killed in airstrike on Yemen prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. Agence France-Presse. "Red Cross says more than 100 killed in attack on Yemen prison". Reuters. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. Agence France-Presse. "Red Cross says more than 100 people killed in airstrike on Yemen prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. Houthis: Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen prison, kills dozens
  6. "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.
  7. "Yemeni rebels release hundreds of detainees". BBC News. September 30, 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
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