Endangering the Media
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Incident : JO_0040

An alleged attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted the home of two media journalist in Taiz city, on November 26, 2016.

Sat Nov 26 2016Taiz
Summary:

Several sources on news sites and Facebook claimed that forces affiliated with the Saudi-led coalition blew up the house of media figures Asma and Amani Amer, located in the Al-Jahmaliya area in Taiz governorate, where the house was targeted by planting a number of explosives and IEDs inside the house and then completely destroying it. A picture of the house from the outside was circulated showing the destruction by the bombing. One of the sources shared a post by Amani Amer on her Facebook page about the bombing of her house, as she posted a picture of the house from outside after the destruction.

Alleged perpetrator:

Pro- Coalition forces

Area of control:

Houthis Rebel movement

Delivery method:

Placed explosive

Weapons used:

Placed explosive

Casualties:

Unknown

Direct hit:

Unknown

Double tap:

false

Multiple targeted strikes:

false

Remote location:

false

Established pre-conflict:

Observations:

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