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Incident on 11 August 2019 [+] Print this page

Location: village of al-Samwil, Hajjah Governorate [+]

Country: Yemen [+]

Violation types: Violation of international humanitarian law [+]

Location


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This incident took place in village of al-Samwil, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen [+]

Description


According to Mwatana for Human Rights: "Section Two: Attacks and Abuses in 2019 This section consists of eleven chapters dealing with the most prominent patterns of international humanitarian law violations committed by the parties to the conflict in Yemen. Additionally, each chapter includes statistics about the number of incidents Mwatana documented during 2019, in addition to a brief legal framework for each pattern of violations and some case studies. [...] On the morning of Eid al-Adha, Sunday August 11, 2019 at about 08:00 a.m., coalition aircraft dropped four bombs on the village of al-Samwil, Mustaba District, Hajjah governorate. The first bomb hit a civilian car in the yard of a house. After about 7 minutes, two other bombs fell about 50 meters from the house, striking those who had survived, who had gathered under a tree after the first bomb hit. The fourth bomb hit a car for paramedics near the house. The attack killed 11 civilians, including seven children and two women, and wounded 17 others, including six children and five women. One of the victims (22 years old) said: “The children’s bodies were torn apart as they were getting ready to wear clothes for the Eid." [+]

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 [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
19 October 2020 Mwatana for Human Rights WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN YEMEN 2019 25 February 2022