Location: small outdoor market outside Jarman Commercial Market, Sa'adah district, Sa'dah Governorate [+]
Country: Yemen [+]
Violation types: Unlawful Airstrike [+]
This incident took place in small outdoor market outside Jarman Commercial Market, Sa'adah district, Sa'dah Governorate, Yemen [+]
According to Human Rights Watch: "Unlawful Airstrikes [...] Human Rights Watch investigated several coalition aerial attacks in Saada City that appeared to be in violation of the laws of war. On the basis of information from relatives, witnesses, medical staff, and local Houthi authorities Human Rights Watch compiled the names and ages of 59 people killed in aerial attacks in Saada City between April 6 and May 11, including 14 women and at least 35 children. [...] Human Rights Watch also visited the ruins of a small outdoor market outside Jarman Commercial Market that coalition aircraft attacked on the night of April 15, according to local people, but was unable to interview witnesses to the strike. Satellite imagery shows that the strike took place between the mornings of April 14 and 15." [+]
Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
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30 June 2015 | Human Rights Watch | Targeting Saada: Unlawful Coalition Airstrikes on Saada City in Yemen | 09 October 2019 |