Houthi projectile attack on Jazan · 31 May 2015

@MOISaudiArabia: Border Guard First-Class Soldier Ismail Mohammed Sandi was martyred as a result of being injured by shrapnel from military shells from Yemeni territory while performing his duties

@MOISaudiArabia: إستشهاد الجندي أول بحرس الحدود / اسماعيل محمد سندي ، نتيجة إصابته بشظايا قذائف عسكرية من الأراضي اليمنيه وهو يؤدي مهامه (machine translation)

Date

31 May 2015 · 13 Sha'ban 1436 AH

Place

Jazan

Attacker

Houthis

Weapons

Projectile

Outcome

Struck target

Killed / injured

1 killed

Victims

Saudi: 1 killed

Launched from

Saada (assumed)

Confirmation

Officially confirmed

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Sources (2 reports in all)

1. X: @MOISaudiArabia (وزارة الداخلية 🇸🇦) · Saudi official · 30 May 2015
   Border Guard First-Class Soldier Ismail Mohammed Sandi was martyred as a result of being injured by shrapnel from military shells from Yemeni territory while performing his duties in the Al-Harth sector in Jazan
   إستشهاد الجندي أول بحرس الحدود / اسماعيل محمد سندي ، نتيجة إصابته بشظايا قذائف عسكرية من الأراضي اليمنيه وهو يؤدي مهامه في قطاع الحرث بجازان (machine translation)

   “Border Guard First-Class Soldier Ismail Mohammed Sandi was martyred as a result of being injured by shrapnel from military shells from Yemeni territory while performing his duties in the Al-Harth sector in Jazan”

2. @MOISaudiArabia on X (archived) · Saudi official · 30 May 2015
   @MOISaudiArabia: Border Guard First-Class Soldier Ismail Mohammed Sandi was martyred as a result of being injured by shrapnel from military shells from Yemeni territory while performing his duties
   @MOISaudiArabia: إستشهاد الجندي أول بحرس الحدود / اسماعيل محمد سندي ، نتيجة إصابته بشظايا قذائف عسكرية من الأراضي اليمنيه وهو يؤدي مهامه (machine translation)

   “Border Guard First-Class Soldier Ismail Mohammed Sandi was martyred as a result of being injured by shrapnel from military shells from Yemeni territory while performing his duties in the Al-Harth sector in Jazan”