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to eyewitnesses, two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike attacked the victim with machine
guns and quickly fled the scene.
On 10 September, two civilians were killed and four others injured in Al-Hubaishi
Restaurant, Al-Salbah Neighbourhood (near Maytam intersection), in Ibb. According to
eyewitness report, two armed individuals launched a hand grenade a military vehicle
belonging to the Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis, but they missed the
vehicle and attacked the adjacent restaurant instead. On 06 October 2015, Aden Health
Office Director informed OHCHR staff that approximately 80 unknown armed men on six
vehicles stormed the Health Office in Aden, in Al Mansourah District and opened fire on
the building where some 20 employees were present in it.
On 17 October 2015, an Emirates Red Crescent worker was killed by unknown armed men
in Al-Tis’een Street, Al-Mansourah District in Aden Governorate. According to one
eyewitness report, unidentified militants aboard a black vehicle shot the victim as he
walked to Al-Bandah Supermarket. The victim was immediately taken to the Al-Salam
Hospital but was announced dead on arrival. On 4 January 2016, an unknown armed man
shot the Imam of the Craiter Mosque near Saba Bank, Al-Shaikh Othman District, Aden
Governorate, shortly after he had left the mosque.
On January 18, unknown armed men killed the head of the Appellate Court in Aden, while
he was on his way to work in the Mansora District.On 14 April 2016, the Imam of a the Old
mosque in Ibb was allegedly unlawfully killed by members of the Special Security Forces
(SSF) under the control of the de facto authorities in Ibb, in conjunction with members of
the Popular Committees affiliated with Houthis, near the Old Mosque of Ibb. Witnesses
told OHCHR that the Imam was shot in the head as he was opening the door of his house to
the armed groups that killed him.
E.
Addendum to V/Allegations of violations and abuses/Military
Operations/ 6) Attacks on objects benefiting from special protection
Medical facilities and personnel
On 22 August 2015, two civilians were injured at the Thawrah Hospital in Taiz was this
was struck by mortar shells causing extensive damage to the hospital section specialised on
kidney treatment. Information gathered by the Office indicates that the shelling originated
from the Qasr Al-Jumhurri, where members of the Popular Committees affiliated with alHouthis were reportedly positioned at the time of the attack.
On 8 August 2015, the Malaria Centre in Haiss District was targeted by airstrikes.
According to witnesses, including officials from the Ministry of Health, three airstrikes
targeted the area in which the medical facility was located.
On 10 January 2016, five civilians were killed and six injured when the MSF-run Shiara
Hospital and the Razeh Hospital in Razeh, Sa’ada, was struck by artillery shells at the
hands of the Coalition Forces. On 21 January 2016, an MSF-operated ambulance in Sa’ada
was hit by an airstrike from the Coalition Forces, killing 6 civilians, including a medic.
MSF had stated that the ambulance was clearly marked.
On 23 August 2015, the Saif al-Sowaidi Hospital and adjacent residence for doctors serving
the hospital the Sowadia district of Al Baida Governorate was struck with an airstrike by
the Coalition Forces. Both the hospital and the residence were completely destroyed as a
result of the airstrike. On 6 September 2015, an airstrike by the Coalition Forces hit the Al
Sabeen Motherhood Hospital in Sana’a city, killed two new-born babies and injured two
medical staff, including a woman. The hospital was also partially damaged.
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