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according to witness accounts, the Popular Committees reportedly launched an attack in
early July 2014 that resulted in, inter alia, the destruction of a school in Beit al-Fakih and
the Dar al-Quran Mosque in Amran city. On 11 July 2014, the Al-Salam mosque was
reportedly occupied by the Popular Committees during the Friday sermon.
34.
OHCHR received reports that, on 21 February 2015, in Lahj Governorate, three
civilians were killed as a result of shelling from the Anad Military Base, which is controlled
by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. OHCHR interviewed witnesses but
was unable to verify the presence of any military targets that would justify these attacks.
35.
On 31 March 2015, at least 20 employees at a cement factory in Lahj were killed
and 36 others injured as a result of shelling from Al-Anad military base. The base was
under the control of the Houthi and Saleh armed groups when the attack took place.
Vehicles and buildings were also destroyed. OHCHR documented structural damage to
three hospitals and 13 educational institutions in Al-Dhali Governorate as a result of intense
indiscriminate shelling, from 25 to 27 March, targeting residential areas by the 33rd
Armoured Brigade loyal to former President Saleh. According to information received by
OHCHR, the hospitals affected included Al-Nasr Hospital (operated by Medecins sans
Frontières) in Qasha’, Al-Salamah Hospital and Al-Dhali Hospital. Educational institutions
damaged by shelling include Al-Jumrok Faculty of Education, the Tadhamon Faculty of
Education and the Al-Dhali Community College.
36.
On 10 April 2015, two civilians were killed and five others were injured as a result
of shelling allegedly by members of the Popular Committees. The shelling hit the Al-Salam
Area, Khormaksar District, Aden. All seven victims were inside their homes, which were
destroyed by the shelling launched during violent clashes near the Badr military base.
37.
On 22 April 2015, in one incident in Crater District, in Aden, a child was shot in the
head and killed, and a man and a woman from the same family injured as a result of what
was apparently a sniper attack launched from the Al-Yafai building in the Al-Qate’e area. It
is believed that the area was controlled by the Popular Committees.
38.
On 6 May 2015, a civilian was shot in the head and killed, allegedly by a sniper on
the roof of the Education College building in Al-Humaira village, Al-Dhali, under the
control of the Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis.
39.
On 16 May 2015, in Al-Mesrakh city (Taizz Governorate), eight civilians, including
four children and three women, were killed and two women and a child were wounded as a
result of artillery shelling reportedly launched from the position of the 22nd Armoured
Brigade, affiliated with the Popular Committees.
40.
On 30 May 2015, in Sanah district (Al-Dhali Governorate), two civilians were
killed, including a woman, while 12 others were injured, including three children, as a
result of artillery shelling apparently launched from the area of the Al-Menshar military
location in Khobar. The attack was reportedly launched by members of the Popular
Committees and the 33rd Armoured Brigade loyal to former President Saleh. OHCHR
received reports that members of the Popular Committees and the 33rd Armoured Division
loyal to former President Saleh were shelling the villages of Khobar, Al-Kabeh, Al-Rebat,
Lakmaht Salah and Jouss Al-Jamal. The number of civilian casualties could therefore be
even higher.
41.
On 9 June 2015, in the area of Sanah, Al-Dhali, seven civilians were killed,
including four children, and nine others, including a child, were injured as a result of
shelling by the 33rd Armoured Brigade loyal to former President Saleh. In the same
incident, 13 private houses were moderately or severely damaged.
42.
On 11 June 2015, a child was reportedly killed after sustaining a gunshot wound to
the arm. Family members who witnessed the incident and interviewed by OHCHR reported
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