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Incident : BRI_00415

An alleged attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted the Al-Jarba bridge in the Sa'ada governorate on September 24, 2016

Sat Sep 24 2016Sa'ada 43.567828 || 17.13245
Summary:

A video of a news report shows the impact of the attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes on Al-Jarba Bridge in Al Majaz district with two airstrikes, where three civilian cars were targeted, injuring 17 civilians, three of them in critical condition. In the same video, the footage shows a number of injured in a hospital and doctors are checking them. Another footage, one of the injured was interviewed talking about the attack. Two sources on news sites and several sources on Twitter and Facebook claimed that the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted Al-Jarba Bridge in Al-Rakwa district, Majz district, with an airstrike, and according to the two sources on the news sites, the targeting resulted in the injuring of 16 civilians, 5 of them in critical condition. While some sources on Twitter and Facebook claimed that the targeting resulted in the injury of 17 civilians and that the bridge itself was targeted two days ago, which led to the cutting of the road, disrupting the movement of travelers and stopping their work.

Weapons Used:

Air Strick

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