MSF hospital bombed in Yemen
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Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, eller Læger Uden Grænser) offentliggjorde tirsdag to rapporter om den Saudi Arabisk ledede koalitions luftangreb på to MSF faciliteter i Yemen, sagde organisationens pressetjeneste i en meddelelse.

Meddelelsen tilføjede, at de "uberettigede og ikke provokerede" angreb var grundløse og ikke blot havde dræbt og såret mennesker, men også havde resulteret i suspensionen af MSF's aktiviteter i det krisehærgede land.

"Efter at have gennemført en intern undersøgelse, offentliggøre Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to rapporter, der beskriver angrebene på sundhedsfaciliteter, som det leder eller støtter i Yemen. De to angreb tilsammen, resulterede i 20 døde mennesker, de fleste af dem patienter, og yderligere 32 sårede. Begge angrebene blev erkendt af den Saudi Arabisk ledede koalition (SLC). Angrebene var på hospitalet i Abs, i Haijha området den 15. august 2016, og på MSF klinikken i byen Taiz den 2. december 2015," sagde udtalelsen.


"The internal investigations of the Abs and Taiz incidents also conclude that the neutrality and impartiality of the facilities had not been compromised before the attacks and therefore there was no legitimate reason to attack them. The details of the incidents documented in these two reports are unambiguous indicators of how war is being waged in Yemen, where there is an utter disregard for civilian life by all warring parties," the statement said.

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels, the country's main opposition force, since 2014.

Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at Hadi's request despite a ceasefire agreed shortly before that. The coalition has been accused by the United Nations and humanitarian organizations of bombing civilians, killing hundreds of children.