Saada prison airstrike | |
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Part of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and the Yemeni Civil War | |
Location | Saada, Yemen |
Date | 21 January 2022 |
Target | Prison |
Attack type | Airstrike |
Deaths | 87+[1] |
Injured | 266+[2] |
Perpetrators | ![]() ![]() |
On 21 January 2022, an airstrike hit a prison in Saada, Yemen. It killed at least 100 people and injured more than 200 others.[3][4][5]
Fighter jets from the Saudi military coalition bombed a makeshift prison in Saada province, killing at least 87 prisoners. Those injured in the attack are still being rescued.[6]