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Incident : BRI_00347

An alleged attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplane targeted Lahmeh Bridge in Al-Qita'a area, Al-Mahwit district, Al-Mahwit province on September 15, 2015

Tue Sep 15 2015Al-Mahwit 43.482582 || 15.432437
Summary:

Several sources on news sites, Twitter, and Facebook claimed that the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted the Lahham Bridge in the Al-Qatta area, Al-Mahwit District, Al-Mahwit Governorate. According to several sources, the attack resulted in the burning of a truck loaded with wheat and the death of its driver, who was crossing the bridge with his truck during the attack. Several sources published photos of a number of bridges that were targeted, where destruction can be seen on the bridges. In one of the photos, a crater can be seen on one of the side of the bridge, where a burned truck loaded with bags of wheat that was scattered on the ground can also be seen, while a second picture shows the body of a person whom the source claimed was the driver of the burnt truck.

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