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The witnesses also stated that no warning had been given to the civilians in the area prior to
the attacks.
Figure II
Damage to the Khamees market
26.
On 27 February 2016, an air strike by the coalition forces hit the Khaleq market in
Nahm District, Sana’a Governorate, killing 41 civilians, including 9 children and 4 women,
and injuring 33 others, including 6 children and 3 women. According to first-hand accounts
of local residents interviewed by OHCHR, most of those killed and injured were shop
owners working at the market and clients shopping at the time of the attack. OHCHR could
not verify the presence of any military objects within the immediate proximity of the
market.
Attacks striking weddings9
(b)
27.
OHCHR documented attacks by the coalition forces that struck two wedding
ceremonies. According to numerous witnesses interviewed and information gathered by
OHCHR, 80 civilians, including 32 women and 38 children, were killed and 40 injured as a
result of air strikes that hit a wedding ceremony in Al-Mokha District, Taizz Governorate,
on 24 September 2015. Witnesses told OHCHR that they heard the loud reverberations of
military aircraft flying at low altitudes at about 9.30 a.m., followed by the first two missiles,
which hit a tent that was hosting the male guests. Moments later, witnesses stated that the
tent hosting the female guests, located some 50 metres away, was struck by a third missile.
Remnants of the missiles partially destroyed a house located approximately 7 metres away,
causing the deaths of two civilians.
Attacks on residential buildings10
(c)
28.
OHCHR has documented incidents where the coalition forces are alleged to have
targeted the homes of individuals affiliated with the Houthis, relatives of former President
Saleh and other individuals with no publicly known political affiliation. Many of those
attacks resulted in the killing or serious injury of civilians. Two of the most salient such
attacks are listed below.
9
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See annex I, section C, for information on other attacks on weddings documented by OHCHR.
See annex I, section C, for information on other attacks on residential buildings documented by
OHCHR.
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