Houthi ballistic missile attack on Place not stated · 6 January 2016
Dead in a Houthi missile that exploded in the sky over Sanaa after its launch toward Saudi Arabia failed
قتلى بصاروخ حوثي انفجر في سماء صنعاء بعد فشل إطلاقه باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
- Date
- 6 January 2016 · 26 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437 AH
- Place
- Place not stated
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Reported by Saudi media
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Sources (2 reports in all)
- Dead in a Houthi missile that exploded in the sky over Sanaa after its launch toward Saudi Arabia failedقتلى بصاروخ حوثي انفجر في سماء صنعاء بعد فشل إطلاقه باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
“The Houthi militias fired a ballistic missile yesterday toward the southern regions in Saudi Arabia, but their attempt failed, as the missile exploded in the skies over Sanaa, and its shrapnel caused deaths and injuries. Faced with the embarrassment it found itself in, it instructed…”
- Saudi Arabia Claims to Shoot Down Missile Fired From Yemen
“Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a missile fired into the kingdom from nearby Yemen, which is engulfed in a civil war. The Saudi military says it intercepted the missile Thursday morning in Jizan province and later…”