Houthi projectile and gunfire / clash attack on Najran · 27 August 2016
A child died and another and three residents injured as a result of a military projectile falling on Najran city from Yemeni territory
عام / وفاة طفل وإصابة آخر وثلاثة مقيمين إثر سقوط مقذوف عسكري على مدينة نجران من الأراضي اليمنية // للصحف // (machine translation)
- Date
- 27 August 2016 · 24 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1437 AH
- Place
- Najran
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Projectile, Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 2 killed · 4 injured
- Victims
- Saudi: 2 killed · 1 injured; Nationality not stated: 1 injured; Nationality not stated: 2 injured
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- A child died and another and three residents injured as a result of a military projectile falling on Najran city from Yemeni territoryعام / وفاة طفل وإصابة آخر وثلاثة مقيمين إثر سقوط مقذوف عسكري على مدينة نجران من الأراضي اليمنية // للصحف // (machine translation)
“Najran 24 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1437H corresponding to 27 August 2016 SPA The official spokesman of the Civil Defense Directorate in Najran region, Lieutenant Colonel Ali bin Umair al-Shahrani, explained that at 8:50 on the morning of today, Saturday, corresponding to 24/11/1437H, the men of…”
- Death of a child and injury of another and three residents after a military projectile fell on Najran city from Yemeni territory. Wasوفاة طفل وإصابة آخر وثلاثة مقيمين إثر سقوط مقذوف عسكري على مدينة #نجران من الأراضي اليمنية. #واس (machine translation)
“Death of a child and injury of another and three residents as a result of a military projectile falling on Najran city from Yemeni territory. https://t.co/a5C97DmKSr”
- Civil Defense in Najran responded to a military projectile falling from Yemeni territory, which resulted in the death of a Saudi child, the injury of another, and the injury of three residents who were transferred for treatment.باشر مدني #نجران سقوط مقذوف عسكري من الأراضي اليمنية نتج عنه وفاة طفل سعودي وإصابة آخر وإصابة ثلاثة مقيمين تم نقلهم للعلاج. (machine translation)
“Civil Defense in Najran responded to a military projectile falling from Yemeni territory, which resulted in the death of a Saudi child, the injury of another, and the injury of three residents who were transferred for treatment.”
- Houthi rocket kills 3-year-old in Najran
“NAJRAN: A three-year-old boy was killed and three others were wounded in Najran in the latest cross-border rocket attack from Yemen, a Civil Defense official said on Saturday. Major Ali Al-Shahrani, civil defense…”
- Breaking: Our correspondent Jaber Madkhali: Martyrdom of a child and injury of another in addition to 3 residents in Najran as a result of a military projectile falling from inside Yemeni territory. Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | مراسلنا جابر مدخلي: استشهاد طفل وإصابة آخر بالإضافة إلى 3 مقيمين في #نجران نتيجة سقوط مقذوف عسكري من داخل الأراضي اليمنية. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Our correspondent Jaber Madkhali: Martyrdom of a child and injury of another in addition to 3 residents in Najran as a result of a military projectile falling from inside Yemeni territory. Al-Ekhbariya”
- Death of a child and injury of 4 including a child and 3 residents as a result of a projectile falling in Najran. Al-Ekhbariyaوفاة طفل وإصابة 4 بينهم طفل و3 مقيمين إثر سقوط مقذوف في #نجران. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Death of a child and injury of 4 including a child and 3 residents as a result of a projectile falling in Najran. Al-Ekhbariya https://t.co/pQfyzNLlKX https://t.co/X3Tk6rPmoH”
- Saudi Arabia: "Martyrdom" of a soldier and a child and injury of four by gunfire and a projectile from Yemenالسعودية: «استشهاد» جندي وطفل وإصابة أربعة بطلق ناري ومقذوف من اليمن (machine translation)
“A Saudi security source announced the "martyrdom" of a security man from the National Guard forces in Najran (southwest Saudi Arabia), on the border with Yemen, after he was hit by gunfire from inside Yemeni territory. Major Mohammed al-Omari, the official spokesman of the National Guard, said in…”
- Video: Our envoy Khaled Al-Rubaie: The site of the fall of the military projectile in Najran, which resulted in the death of a child.فيديو | موفدنا خالد الربعي: موقع سقوط المقذوف العسكري في #نجران ما نتج عنه وفاة طفل. (machine translation)
“Video | Our correspondent Khaled al-Rubaie: the site of the fall of the military projectile in Najran and what resulted from it, the death of a child. https://t.co/EH9kSqsjVm https://t.co/7HUTiCnrMk”
- The uncle of the child killed by the fall of the projectile in Najran to Al-Ekhbariya: The projectile fell on the children while they were eating breakfast.عم الطفل المتوفى بسقوط المقذوف في #نجران لـ #الإخبارية: المقذوف سقط على الأطفال وهم يتناولون وجبة الإفطار. (machine translation)
“The uncle of the child who died from the fall of the projectile in Najran to Al-Ekhbariya: the projectile fell on the children while they were eating breakfast. https://t.co/EiqV4wxvin”
- Death of a child and injury of another and three residents after a military projectile fell on Najran city from Yemeni territory Saudi Channelوفاة طفل وإصابة آخر وثلاثة مقيمين إثر سقوط مقذوف عسكري على مدينة نجران من الأراضي اليمنية #القناة_السعودية (machine translation)
“Death of a child and injury of another and three residents as a result of a military projectile falling on Najran city from Yemeni territory https://t.co/H4YKTghC1z Saudi Channel”
- 2 more children killed in Houthi rocket attack in Najran
“NAJRAN: Two Saudi girls were killed on Sunday when their family house in the southern border region of Najran was hit by a Katyusha rocket fired from Yemen, the Directorate of Civil Defense said. Col. Ali bin Omair…”
- "Martyrdom" of two Saudi girls in Najran as a result of projectiles of the Yemeni coupists«استشهاد» طفلتين سعوديتين في نجران إثر مقذوفات انقلابيي اليمن (machine translation)
“The insurgents in Yemen continued their crimes and attacks on the southern borders of Saudi Arabia; after the "martyrdom" of a Saudi child the day before yesterday as a result of a projectile from Yemeni territory, the insurgents fired yesterday another projectile that led to the death of two Saudi girls, and the injury of 5 of…”
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