Forensic Evidence Confirms US-Made Bombs Used in Market Massacre in Taiz
The National Human Rights Commission, in cooperation with the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Evidence and Civil Defense, held a joint press conference at the site of the Saudi enemy’s crime in the Al-Hadara market in Al-Wazi’iyah district, Taiz province.
During the press conference, the investigation results were revealed, and forensic evidence displayed the remnants of the Saudi enemy aircraft’s airstrikes found at the crime scene.
Colonel Abdullah Al-Junayd, Director-General of Forensic Evidence in Taiz, explained that “the technical examination of the enemy’s crime scene in the Al-Hadara market in Al-Wazi’iyah revealed that the market was subjected to 3 successive airstrikes.” He added that “the examination of shrapnel seized from the explosion sites proved the use of American-made bombs of the (GBU-12) type with (MK-82) explosive warheads.”
Quarter-Ton Bombs
He noted that “the bombs used in targeting the Al-Hadara market weigh approximately a quarter of a ton each,” confirming that “the evidence and shrapnel found at the crime scene bear manufacturing data confirming the type of munitions used in the market bombardment, which are American-made.”
The forensic evidence noted that “the Saudi aircraft bombardment led to dozens of martyrs and wounded, the destruction of citizens’ property and commercial shops, and the death of a number of livestock.”
Deliberate and Direct Targeting
Abdo Ahmed Al-Bahr, Director of the National Human Rights Commission’s branch in Taiz, stressed that “the targeting of the Al-Hadara market was deliberate and was carried out directly and successively, and was not a mistaken targeting or the result of an error in coordinates.”
He addressed that “the Saudi enemy’s airstrikes on the market targeted commercial shops, the livestock sale site, and the agricultural land to which citizens fled in search of safety,” indicating the Saudi enemy’s insistence on killing the largest possible number of citizens.
Al-Bahr affirmed that “targeting the market did not stop at the lives of civilians but affected their sources of livelihood by destroying shops and trucks and killing a number of livestock,” holding “the Saudi enemy legally, criminally, and morally responsible for the Al-Hadara market massacre.”
Call for International Investigation
In conclusion, the Human Rights Commission in Taiz demanded “the formation of an independent international human rights committee to investigate the Al-Hadara market massacre and hold those responsible accountable.”
The Al-Hadara market massacre in Al-Wazi’iyah district, Taiz province, is one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in recent weeks, with more than 38 martyrs and wounded. The forensic evidence confirming the use of American-made GBU-12 bombs with MK-82 warheads underscores the role of the United States in supplying the weapons used in the attack.
The GBU-12 is a laser-guided bomb developed by the United States, and its use in a crowded civilian market constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law. The confirmation of American-made munitions in the attack highlights the complicity of the United States in Saudi war crimes in Yemen.