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Incident on 28 October 2015 [+] Print this page

Location: The Science and Faith School, Magreesh, Beni Hushaysh, Sana'a Governorate [+]

Country: Yemen [+]

Violation types: Unlawful Airstrike [+]

Location


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This incident took place in The Science and Faith School, Magreesh, Beni Hushaysh, Sana'a Governorate, Yemen [+]

Description


According to Amnesty International: "The strikes that Amnesty International has researched were unlawful – in that they deliberately targeted civilian objects or disproportionately harmed civilians and civilian objects in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated from the attack, or failed to distinguish between civilian objects and military objectives. [...] The Science and Faith school in Magreesh, Beni Hushaysh, Sana’a was struck by several aerial strikes on 27 and 28 October and approximately one week beforehand. Amnesty International visited and interviewed four residents, including the school director, who told Amnesty International that the school was hit on four separate occasions. The director told Amnesty International that 1,200 students were enrolled in the school, the only one in the village. He said that at the time of the attack they were getting ready to start the school year but that classes were not yet in session. Following the attack, he said that students were now unable to continue with their studies. The first attack, they said, took place at around 6am in mid to late October. It was followed by a second attack about a week later on 27 October at around noon. The third strike, also on 27 October, injured and killed some of the residents who went to the strike site to look at the damage inflicted earlier that day. Residents said that three civilians were killed and at least 10, possibly as many as 15, were injured. A fourth strike further damaged the school on 28 October but did not injure or kill additional residents, according to the witnesses who spoke to Amnesty International. Amnesty International observed the impact sites from the missiles that struck the school building and vicinity and observed that there was no evidence that the school had contained any military materiel. There were no weapon remnants and no evidence of secondary explosions. The school director told Amnesty International that the school was not being used and had never been used for a military purpose and that the closest military objective to the school was a checkpoint several kilometres away in Khish al-Baker, which was not struck. Amnesty International reviewed video footage released by a local media website on 28 October taken after the strikes on the school. The video does not show the presence of any military personnel or materiel, consistent with the school director’s statements. The repeated strikes over the space of the week indicate that the school was the coalition’s intended target." [+]

Perpetrator units

Name Other Names Classification
Operation Restoring Hope [+] Arab Coalition
Arab Coalition Forces
Arab Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen
Gulf Arab coalition
Hope Restoration Operation
Joint Forces
Operation Renewal of Hope
Operation Storm of Resolve
Saudi-led Arab Coalition
Saudi-led Coalition
coalition forces
operations Renewal of Hope
Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
11 December 2015 Amnesty International Yemen: ‘Our kids are bombed’: Schools under attack in Yemen 16 March 2022