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Incident : JO_0131

An alleged attack by forces affiliated with the Ansar Allah movement “Houthis”, resulted in injury of the photographer Fawaz Al-Wafi, with a sniper fire in Taiz governorate on June 8, 2017.

Thu Jun 08 2017Taiz
Summary:

Several sources on news sites, Facebook and Twitter claimed that a sniper affiliated with the Ansar Allah movement “Houthis” targeted the photojournalist Fawaz Al-Wafi on the Kalaba front, wounding him and shattering his jaws.

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:

false

Established pre-conflict:

Observations:

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