Houthi projectile and gunfire / clash attack on Jazan · 31 December 2016
Security spokesman: One of the border points in the Jazan region was subjected to heavy gunfire, resulting in the martyrdom of First Corporal Hashem Al-Barakati
عام / المتحدث الأمني : تعرض إحدى النقاط الحدودية في منطقة جازان لإطلاق نار كثيف نتج عنه استشهاد الجندي أول هاشم البركاتي // للصحف // (machine translation)
- Date
- 31 December 2016 · 2 Rabi' al-Thani 1438 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Gunfire / clash, Projectile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 1 killed
- Victims
- Nationality not stated: 1 killed
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (2 reports in all)
- Security spokesman: One of the border points in the Jazan region was subjected to heavy gunfire, resulting in the martyrdom of First Corporal Hashem Al-Barakatiعام / المتحدث الأمني : تعرض إحدى النقاط الحدودية في منطقة جازان لإطلاق نار كثيف نتج عنه استشهاد الجندي أول هاشم البركاتي // للصحف // (machine translation)
“Riyadh 02 Rabi al-Thani 1438 AH corresponding to 31 December 2016 The security spokesman for the Ministry of Interior stated that at six forty-six in the morning today, Saturday, one of the forward border points in the Al-Da'ir sector in Jazan region was subjected…”
- The Crown Prince directs the transfer of the body of the martyr of duty Hashem Al-Barakati to Al-Lith governorateد / عام / سمو ولي العهد يوجه بنقل جثمان شهيد الواجب هاشم البركاتي إلى محافظة الليث // للصحف // (machine translation)
“Riyadh 2 Rabi al-Thani 1438 AH corresponding to 31 December 2016 Upon the direction of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior — may God protect him — an aircraft from the fleet of the General Command…”