An alleged attack by forces affiliated with the Ansar Allah movement “Houthis”, resulted in the killing of journalist Ahmed Al-Shaibani by a sniper shot, in Al-Hasab area, Taiz governorate, on February 16, 2016
Summary:
Several sources on news sites claimed that journalist Ahmed Al-Shaibani was killed on the spot, as he was hit in the head by a sniper shot affiliated with the Ansar Allah movement “Houthis in Al-Hasab area, in Taiz city, on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at 13:38 local time, while covering the ongoing clashes along with a number of his colleagues. One of the sources published a video documenting the incident, showing two women and another man in civilian clothes running across a street in a damaged neighborhood. Behind them Al-Shaibani, while running with a bag, then suddenly falls to the ground with a bullet in his head, and the video shows the details of Al-Shaibani getting shot and bleeding to death. Later, two men in military clothes, which was stated in a press conference that they were affiliated with the Popular Resistance, tried to pull Al-Shaibani from the street, but according to the sources, they were also shot at.
Alleged perpetrator:
Houthis rebel movement
Area of control:
Yemeni GOV forces
Delivery method:
Small arms
Weapons used:
Small arms
Casualties:
True
Direct hit:
False
Double tap:
false
Multiple targeted strikes:
false
Remote location:
true