Dahyan air strike

Dahyan air strike
قصف ضحيان
Part of Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
LocationDahyan, Sa'dah governorate, Yemen
Coordinates17°03′54″N 43°36′01″E / 17.06500°N 43.60028°E / 17.06500; 43.60028
Date9 August 2018
TargetCivilian school bus
Attack type
Airstike
DeathsAt least 51 people (per Houthi's Health Ministry)[1]
InjuredAt least 48 (per the Red Cross)[2]
At least 79 people (per Houthi's Health Ministry)[1]
PerpetratorsSaudi Arabia Royal Saudi Air Force

On 9 August 2018, Saudi Arabian expeditionary aircraft bombed a civilian school bus passing through a crowded market in Dahyan, Saada Governorate, Yemen, near the border with Saudi Arabia.[3][4][5][6] At least 40[7] children were killed, all under 15 years old[8] and most under age 10.[5] Sources disagree on the exact number of deaths, but they estimate that the air strike killed about 51 people.[3][4][9][10]

  1. ^ a b "Death toll of airstrike on Yemeni children's bus rises to 51, 79 wounded". www.efe.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Schoolchildren riding bus among dozens killed in Saudi airstrike in Yemen | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Yemen: Dozens of civilians killed in school bus attack". Al Jazeera. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Strike on Yemen bus kills 29 children". BBC News. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b Al-Mujahed, Ali; Raghavan, Sudarsan (9 August 2018). "Airstrike by U.S.-backed Saudi coalition on bus kills dozens of Yemeni children". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ Borger, Julian (19 August 2018). "US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ^ Smith-Spark, Laura; Arvanitidis, Barbara; Browne, Ryan; Abdelaziz, Salma; Elbagir, Nima (17 August 2018). "Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US". CNN. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (9 August 2018). "Dozens dead in Yemen as bus carrying children hit by airstrike". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  9. ^ Marsri, Lena (9 August 2018). "Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills dozens of children on bus in Yemen". ABC News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  10. ^ Burgess, Sanya (10 August 2018). "Airstrike on children's bus is 'a low point' in Yemen war – UNICEF". Sky News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.