31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter reportedly attacked the boat they were travelling in.

Coastguard Mohamed al-Alay said the refugees, carrying official UN refugee agency (UNHCR) documents, were travelling from Yemen to Sudan when they were attacked by an Apache helicopter near the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

As international organisations confirmed an attack, the head of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Sana’a, Laurent De Boeck, added that 77 survivors who were pulled out of the water were taken to a detention centre in Hudaydah.

One of the survivors, a Yemeni people trafficker, told the Associated Press his vessel had been hit by fire from a helicopter gunship. Al-Hassan Ghaleb Mohammed said the boat had been about 30 miles off the shore of Yemen when it was attacked.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/somali-refugees-killed-helicopter-attack-off-yemen-coast

[Blue_Tires]

1. Who flew the Apache and who ordered it to attack?

[Achilleaze]

2. Who is behind the bombing of civilians in a Syrian Mosque?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Not to be confused with today's attack (22 killed) on a mosque in a Yemen military base

Twenty two people killed in mosque attack in Yemen's Marib

Twenty two people were killed in an attack on a mosque during Friday prayers inside a military base in Yemen's Marib province, local officials said.

Two missiles were fired at the mosque located inside the military camp of Kofal in the west of Marib after a rocket was fired, the officials said.

Most of Marib is under the control of forces loyal to President Abd Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi. Iran-allied Houthis are battling his internationally recognized government.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN16O1ZL

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. A "Yemeni people trafficker" survivor was the one reporting it was an Apache gunship?

Sounds somewhat hinky.

[IronLionZion]

4. Who did it? Only few countries have Apaches there

Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA, who else?

[Coventina]

5. Israel and Egypt. Can't think of any others.

Frankly, I'm not sure in whose national interest an attack like this would be.

Cui bono?



edited to add: Kuwait

Still can't figure out who benefits.....

[Eugene]

7. Saudi Arabia.

They have Apache helicopters, they are fighting in Yemen,
and they are absolutely ruthless towards civilians.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/somali-refugees-killed-helicopter-attack-off-yemen-coast