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Incident : JO_0048

An alleged attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted with several airstrikes the Bajil district of Al-Hudaydah governorate, which led to the killing of the Yemeni satellite producer, Muhammad Nasser Al-Washli, and the director of the decoration department, Abdullah Al-Najjar, on April 13, 2018.

Thu Apr 12 2018Hudaydah
Summary:

Several sources on news sites, Twitter and Facebook claimed that the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted tv shooting location in Bajil district in Al-Hudaydah governorate. The targeting resulted in the killing of the producer of the Yemeni satellite channel, Muhammad Nasser Al-Washli, and the director of the decoration department, Abdullah Al-Najjar, and wounding several members of the team while they were preparing to film a tv series for Ramadan. A news site also published a picture of one of the wounded after the targeting, and a picture of a destroyed car.

Alleged perpetrator:

Saudi-led coalition

Area of control:

Houthis Rebel movement

Delivery method:

Air strike

Weapons used:

Air strike

Casualties:

True

Direct hit:

Unknown

Double tap:

false

Multiple targeted strikes:

false

Remote location:

false

Established pre-conflict:

Observations:

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