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given any prior warning of the attack. OHCHR was unable to identify the presence of
possible military objectives.
Attacks on weddings
On 7 October 2015, two airstrikes by the Coalition Forces hit another wedding in Sanaban
Village, Anss District, Dhamar Governorate, killing 47 civilians, including 21 women and
15 children, and injuring 58, including 18 women and 16 children. According to witnesses
interviewed by OHCHR, military aircraft dropped two missiles resulting in the complete
destruction of the two-story house, at the precise time in which invitees had lined up to
welcome the three grooms and their brother to the ceremony. Witnesses also told OHCHR
that the house belonged to the family of a contractor with no known political affiliations.
The Office could not verify the presence of any military target within the vicinity of the site
of the wedding.34
Attacks on residential buildings
Furthermore, in the early hours of 18 December 2015, 18 civilians were killed and six
injured after two airstrikes hit a house in Wadi Kena, in the al-Safra District of Saada
Governorate. According to eyewitnesses, the airstrikes targeted a house belonging to a
physician who works in the Wadi Kena village of al-Safra, resulting in the killing of four
civilians from the same family and the destruction of their house. Witnesses stated that
shortly afterwards a second airstrike hit the same house, this time killing 14 civilians who
were helping with the rescue efforts, and causing partial damages to nearby buildings.”
OHCHR was unable to identify the presence of possible military objectives.
Similarly on 15 September 2015, 18 civilians including five children and four women were
killed, and 14 others including two children and a woman were injured when their homes
were struck by Coalition Forces airstrikes in the Dhawran area, Anes District, Dhamar
governorate. Local residents told OHCHR that the house belonged to a former leader of the
Islah Party and the two neighboring houses belonged to civilians working in the farming
industry and who had no known political affiliations. Residents also told OHCHR that they
were not aware of possible military targets in the vicinity at the time of the attack, and that
no prior warning was issued to the residents of that area.
On 22 September 2015, airstrikes at the hands of the Coalition Forces killed 19 civilians
including two women and nine children and injured 15 civilians including 11 children in
Al-Sabeen District of Sana’a city. According to eyewitnesses interviewed by OHCHR, two
airstrikes hit two civilian homes which were adjacent to the house belonging to a Brigadier
from the 310 Brigade who was appointed by the Popular Committees affiliated with the
Houthis. The attacks also incurred partial damage to 27 civilian homes within the vicinity.
Three civilians, two of them children, were killed and two houses were completely
destroyed on 29 September when a Coalition Forces airstrike hit the house of a former
minister and a relative of former president Saleh. Another 6 houses within its vicinity were
partially destroyed. All the houses were located in Al-Dafeer area, Mubeen district, Hajjah.
OHCHR found no evidence of military objects nearby.
Attacks on public and private infrastructure
At approximately 4 AM on 30 August 2015, 13 civilians were killed and 12 injured as
result of an airstrike by the Coalition Forces that hit the Sham Water Bottling Plant, a
privately company located in Al-Saqqif neighborhood of the Abss District, Hajjah
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OHCHR bi-monthly report: 25 September – 8 October 2015.
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