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Incident : JO_0017

An alleged attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted the Yemen TV buildings in Sana'a, on September 11, 2015

Fri Sep 11 2015Sanaa
Summary:

Several sources on news sites claimed that the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted the Yemeni television compound buildings, which resulted in destroying the equipment both the Yemen satellite tv and the Sabaa satellite tv, in addition to damaging the neighboring residential areas. A source on a news site claimed that the shelling of the television compound was an unjustified action, as the compound since its establishment, a military unit has been assigned to protect the television compound from any storming or military coup events. The shelling led to the destruction and burning of parts of the Yemen satellite tv and Al-Iman satellite tv buildings, and to the complete burning of the Saba satellite TV channel building. Several sources on Twitter and Facebook claimed that the attack was carried out with several airstrikes.A source of a news report on YouTube claimed that the attack was a direct hit, where the video shows the moment of the attack, other footages show the destruction on the tv building from the inside and out. While a source of a news report on YouTube claimed that targeting led to an explosion of a weapons warehouse, which led to the falling of the missiles shrapnel on the nearby neighborhoods.

Alleged perpetrator:

Saudi-led coalition

Area of control:

Houthis Rebel movement

Delivery method:

Air strike

Weapons used:

Air strike

Casualties:

False

Direct hit:

True

Double tap:

false

Multiple targeted strikes:

true

Remote location:

true

Established pre-conflict:

Observations: