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Incident : JO_0050

An alleged attack resulted in the injury of the correspondent and cameraman of Al-Yemen tv Channel, Sharaf Al-Shammari, and the cameraman, Imad Al-Din Kadash, in Midi, Hajjah Governorate, on February 5, 2016

Sat Feb 06 2016Hajja
Summary:

Several sources on news sites, Twitter and Facebook, claimed that "Yemen Today" correspondent and cameraman, Sharaf al-Shammari, and photographer Imad al-Din Kadash, were shot and wounded while covering the clashes in the city of Midi in Hajjah governorate. While one of the news sources and another source on Facebook claimed that Sharaf Al-Shammari was shot by three bullets, while Imad al-Din Kajash was shot by two.

Alleged perpetrator:

Pro- Coalition forces

Area of control:

Disputed areas

Delivery method:

Small arms

Weapons used:

Small arms

Casualties:

True

Direct hit:

Unknown

Double tap:

false

Multiple targeted strikes:

false

Remote location:

false

Established pre-conflict:

Observations:

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