Houthi missile (type not stated) attack on Abha · 1 January 2016
Saudi Arabia intercepts a missile and destroys its platform in Yemen
السعودية تعترض صاروخًا وتدمر منصته في اليمن (machine translation)
- Date
- 1 January 2016 · 21 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437 AH
- Place
- Abha
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Missile (type not stated)
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (5 reports in all)
- Security spokesman: On the day the terrorist act was carried out, the suicide bomber Yousef Al-Sulaiman wore the explosive belt and headed to the Emergency Force headquarters in Asirالمتحدث الأمني: في اليوم الذي نُفذ فيه العمل الإرهابي ارتدى الانتحاري يوسف السليمان الحزام الناسف وتوجه إلى مقر قوة الطوارئ بعسير (machine translation)
“Security spokesman: On the day the terrorist act was carried out, the suicide bomber Yousef Al-Sulaiman wore the explosive belt and headed to the Emergency Force headquarters in Asir”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts a missile and destroys its platform in Yemenالسعودية تعترض صاروخًا وتدمر منصته في اليمن (machine translation)
“Saudi air defense forces intercepted yesterday a missile launched from Yemeni territory toward the city of Abha (southern Saudi Arabia). The command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen indicated in its statement that the missile was destroyed without causing any damage. The Coalition command affirmed…”
- Security spokesman: On the day the terrorist act was carried out, the suicide bomber Yousef Al-Sulaiman wore the explosive belt and headed to the Emergency Force headquarters in Asirالمتحدث الأمني: في اليوم الذي نُفذ فيه العمل الإرهابي ارتدى الانتحاري يوسف السليمان الحزام الناسف وتوجه إلى مقر قوة الطوارئ بعسير (machine translation)
“Security spokesman: On the day the terrorist act was carried out, the suicide bomber Yousef Al-Sulaiman wore the explosive belt and headed to the Emergency Force headquarters in Asir”