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ABC News: US-Made Bomb Used in Airstrike on Funeral in Yemen, Human Rights Watch Says

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PHOTO: A forensic expert inspects a destroyed funeral hall two days after a deadly Saudi-led airstrike, in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 10, 2016.

A forensic expert inspects a destroyed funeral hall two days after a deadly Saudi-led airstrike, in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 10, 2016.

An investigation has revealed that the U.S. manufactured a bomb that killed more than 140 people, mostly civilians, in Yemen this past weekend, according to Human Rights Watch.  The airstrike, on Oct. 8, 2016, by the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition at a funeral service in Yemen killed scores of civilians, garnering international outrage.  A spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the bombing in a statement, adding that “those responsible for the attack must be brought to justice.”

PHOTO: A militiaman patrols as Russian diplomats inspect the destroyed funeral hall, two days after an alleged Saudi-led airstrikes targeted it, in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 10, 2016.
A militiaman patrols as Russian diplomats inspect the destroyed funeral hall, two days after an alleged Saudi-led airstrikes targeted it, in Sana’a, Yemen, Oct. 10, 2016.more +

HRW called the attack an “apparent war crime” today and urged for an international investigation into the incident.

“After unlawfully attacking schools, markets, hospitals, weddings, and homes over the last 19 months, the Saudi-led coalition has now added a funeral to its ever-increasing list of abuses,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director for HRW, said in a statement today.

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