Dahyan air strike

Dahyan air strike
قصف ضحيان
Dahyan air strike; قصف ضحيان
Part of Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Location	Dahyan, Sa'dah governorate, Yemen
Coordinates	17°03′54″N 43°36′01″E / 17.06500°N 43.60028°E
Date	9 August 2018
Target	Civilian school bus
Attack type	Airstike
Deaths	At least 51 people (per Houthi's Health Ministry)
Injured	At least 48 (per the Red Cross) ; At least 79 people (per Houthi's Health Ministry)
Perpetrators	Royal Saudi Air Force

On 9 August 2018, Saudi Arabian expeditionary aircraft bombed a civilian school bus passing through a crowded market in Dahyan, Saada Governorate, Yemen, near the border with Saudi Arabia.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] At least 40^[7] children were killed, all under 15 years old^[8] and most under age 10.^[5] Sources disagree on the exact number of deaths, but they estimate that the air strike killed about 51 people.^[3]^[4]^[9]^[10]

^ ^a ^b "Death toll of airstrike on Yemeni children's bus rises to 51, 79 wounded". www.efe.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ "Schoolchildren riding bus among dozens killed in Saudi airstrike in Yemen | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Yemen: Dozens of civilians killed in school bus attack". Al Jazeera. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Strike on Yemen bus kills 29 children". BBC News. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b Al-Mujahed, Ali; Raghavan, Sudarsan (9 August 2018). "Airstrike by U.S.-backed Saudi coalition on bus kills dozens of Yemeni children". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ Borger, Julian (19 August 2018). "US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Smith-Spark, Laura; Arvanitidis, Barbara; Browne, Ryan; Abdelaziz, Salma; Elbagir, Nima (17 August 2018). "Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US". CNN. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (9 August 2018). "Dozens dead in Yemen as bus carrying children hit by airstrike". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ Marsri, Lena (9 August 2018). "Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills dozens of children on bus in Yemen". ABC News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ Burgess, Sanya (10 August 2018). "Airstrike on children's bus is 'a low point' in Yemen war – UNICEF". Sky News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[:5-1] "Death toll of airstrike on Yemeni children's bus rises to 51, 79 wounded". www.efe.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[2] "Schoolchildren riding bus among dozens killed in Saudi airstrike in Yemen | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[:1-3] "Yemen: Dozens of civilians killed in school bus attack". Al Jazeera. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[:0-4] "Strike on Yemen bus kills 29 children". BBC News. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[:3-5] Al-Mujahed, Ali; Raghavan, Sudarsan (9 August 2018). "Airstrike by U.S.-backed Saudi coalition on bus kills dozens of Yemeni children". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[6] Borger, Julian (19 August 2018). "US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[CNN17-7] Smith-Spark, Laura; Arvanitidis, Barbara; Browne, Ryan; Abdelaziz, Salma; Elbagir, Nima (17 August 2018). "Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US". CNN. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[:4-8] Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (9 August 2018). "Dozens dead in Yemen as bus carrying children hit by airstrike". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[:10-9] Marsri, Lena (9 August 2018). "Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills dozens of children on bus in Yemen". ABC News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[:2-10] Burgess, Sanya (10 August 2018). "Airstrike on children's bus is 'a low point' in Yemen war – UNICEF". Sky News. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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