Houthi projectile attack on Samtah · 12 June 2015

General / A citizen died and another injured due to a military projectile from Yemeni territory falling in Al-Ataya village in Samtah

عام / وفاة مواطن وإصابة آخر بسبب سقوط مقذوف عسكري من الأراضي اليمنية في قرية العطايا بصامطة (machine translation)

Date

12 June 2015 · 25 Sha'ban 1436 AH

Place

Samtah

Attacker

Houthis

Weapons

Projectile

Outcome

Struck target

Killed / injured

1 killed · 1 injured

Victims

Saudi: 1 killed · 1 injured

Launched from

Yemen

Confirmation

Officially confirmed

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Sources (4 reports in all)

1. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · Saudi official · 12 June 2015
   General / A citizen died and another injured due to a military projectile from Yemeni territory falling in Al-Ataya village in Samtah
   عام / وفاة مواطن وإصابة آخر بسبب سقوط مقذوف عسكري من الأراضي اليمنية في قرية العطايا بصامطة (machine translation)

   “Jazan, 25 Sha'ban 1436 AH, corresponding to 12 June 2015 AD, SPA. The official spokesman for the Civil Defense Directorate in Jazan region, Major Yahya bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani, explained that at 13:10 in the afternoon today, Friday, Civil Defense teams responded to a report of…”

2. X: @spagov (واس الأخبار الملكية) · Saudi official · 12 June 2015
   A citizen died and another injured due to a military projectile from Yemeni territory falling in Al-Ataya village in Samtah
   وفاة مواطن وإصابة آخر بسبب سقوط مقذوف عسكري من الأراضي اليمنية في قرية العطايا بصامطة #واس (machine translation)

   “A citizen dies and another is injured due to the fall of a military projectile from Yemeni territory in Al-Ataya village in Samtah http://t.co/BvJ14pxOL3 SPA”

3. X: @SaudiDCD (الدفاع المدني السعودي) · Saudi official · 12 June 2015
   Civil Defense Jazan: A military projectile fell at 1:10 this afternoon from inside Yemeni territory next to the mosque of Al-Ataya village in Samtah governorate.
   مدني #جازان:سقوط مقذوف عسكري في الساعة ١:١٠ من ظهر اليوم من داخل الأراضي اليمنية بجوار جامع قرية العطايا بمحافظة #صامطة. (machine translation)

   “Civil Defense Jazan: A military projectile fell at 1:10 this afternoon from inside Yemeni territory next to the mosque of Al-Ataya village in Samtah governorate.”

4. X: @alekhbariyatv (قناة الإخبارية) · Saudi media · 12 June 2015
   Breaking: Civil Defense: A citizen died and another injured due to a projectile from Yemeni territory falling in Samtah
   #عاجل الدفاع المدني : وفاة مواطن وإصابة آخر بسبب سقوط مقذوف من الأراضي اليمنية بصامطة #الإخبارية (machine translation)

   “Breaking: Civil Defense: A citizen died and another injured due to a projectile from Yemeni territory falling in Samtah”