Dhamar airstrike

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

The 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.[1] According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen, the airstrike killed dozens of detainees.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Red Cross says more than 100 people killed in airstrike on Yemen prison". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Red Cross confirms Saudi coalition bombed detention facility in Yemen, over 100 'presumed killed'". The Washington Post. 2 September 2019.
  3. ^ Nehme, Dahlia; Ghantous, Ghaida (1 September 2019). Goodman, David (ed.). "Red Cross says more than 100 killed in attack on Yemen prison". Reuters. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Saudi-UAE-led coalition bombs Yemen prison, 'kills 60'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2022.