Selon Human Rights Watch, la coalition saoudienne a utilisé des bombes à sous-munition - accusées d’être en pratique du même type que les bombes à fragmentation, et donc de toucher notamment des civils - sur deux quartiers peuplés de Sanaa.
Précision : ces armes sont américaines, comme en témoigne une photo avec le numéro de série des armes.
Yemen : Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital
Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas / HRW 07.01.16
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(Beirut) – Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces airdropped cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early on January 6, 2016. It is not yet clear whether the attacks caused civilian casualties, but the inherently indiscriminate nature of cluster munitions makes such attacks serious violations of the laws of war. The deliberate or reckless use of cluster munitions in populated areas amounts to a war crime.
“The coalition’s repeated use of cluster bombs in the middle of a crowded city suggests an intent to harm civilians, which is a war crime,” said Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch. “These outrageous attacks show that the coalition seems less concerned than ever about sparing civilians from war’s horrors.”
Residents of two Sanaa neighborhoods described aerial attacks consistent with cluster bomb use.
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Markings on a remnant of a CBU-58 cluster bomb found near al-Zira`a Street in Sanaa on January 6, 2016 indicating that it was manufactured in 1978 at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant in the US state of Tennessee.