<h2>Incident Summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>Incident: Bombing Taiz Governorate Police Administration</li>
<li>Type: Drone-borne mortars</li>
<li>Location: Al-Ardhi District, Salh District, Taiz Governorate.</li>
<li>Date: 4 May 2022</li>
<li>Time: 08:55 - 09:57 AM</li>
<li>Victims: 8 wounded: 6 civilians, 2 policemen</li>
<li>Physical damage: 3 vehicles burnt, 3 others damaged</li>
<li>Probable munitions: 60mm M38 . mortar</li>
<li>Probable responsibility: The Houthis</li>
</ul>
<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>On 4 May morning, 2022, a Houthi drone bombed the building of Taiz Governorate Police Administration with mortar shells, resulting in injuries to civilians and police forces, more than a month after the UN truce took effect in Yemen.</p>
<h2>About the area</h2>
<p>Al-Ardi neighborhood is located in Salh District in Taiz Governorate, in the eastern part of the area under the control of government forces in Taiz city, only one kilometer from the clashes area.</p>
<p>Al-Ardi neighborhood includes the Al-Amal Cancer Center, a playground, the College of Arts and two football fields, in addition to Taiz Governorate Police Administration. These facilities are located within a circle with a radius of 220 meters in the neighborhood that was bombed several times including Al-Ahli Club stadium, which Yemeni Archive <a href="https://yemeniarchive.org/en/investigations/attack-on-alahli-football-club-taiz">investigated</a> last year.</p>
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<em>A satellite image from Google Maps of Al-Ardhi area, Salh District, Taiz Governorate.</em></p>
<h2>The incident</h2>
<p>On 4 May morning 2022, the third day of Eid al-Fitr festival, while the UN truce was in effect, social media and news websites circulated news of projectiles that had fallen on Al-Aridi neighborhood in Taiz city, which hit Taiz Police Administration building near a playground, injuring several civilians and police officers.</p>
<p><img src="/uploads/2_5664fd84d6.jpg" alt="">
<em>A screenshot of Belqees TV tweet</em></p>
<p><img src="/uploads/3_8640635d78.jpg" alt="">
<em>A screenshot of Ahmed Basha&#39;s Facebook post</em></p>
<h2>Location</h2>
<p>Visual content from the site of the bombing and the surrounding area was published by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/belqees.tv/videos/1697066777303127/">Belqees</a> TV, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alsabahiyemen/posts/5465056193538383">Ahmed Al-Sabahi</a> Facebook, as well <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Taiz.Network.N/posts/2035026586702087">Taiz News Network</a> Facebook. The exact location of the bombing can be determined at coordinates: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/13%C2%B034'28.5%22N+44%C2%B001'26.3%22E/@13.574571,44.0250763,407m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x161c692afdf672bb:0x800766c2f9603088!2z2YXYr9mK2LHZitipINin2YTYqti52LLZitip2Iwg2KfZhNmK2Y7ZhdmO2YY!3b1!8m2!3d13.5775886!4d44.0177989!3m5!1s0x0:0x53990fb4699d41cf!7e2!8m2!3d13.5745712!4d44.0239825?hl=ar">13.574571, 44.023982</a> in the courtyard of Governorate Police Administration Taiz and at the coordinates: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/13%C2%B034'27.4%22N+44%C2%B001'25.5%22E/@13.574272,44.0242992,204m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x161c692afdf672bb:0x800766c2f9603088!2z2YXYr9mK2LHZitipINin2YTYqti52LLZitip2Iwg2KfZhNmK2Y7ZhdmO2YY!3b1!8m2!3d13.5775886!4d44.0177989!3m5!1s0x0:0xd87a211a65b4ba4a!7e2!8m2!3d13.5742721!4d44.0237518?hl=ar">13.574272, 44.023752</a> near the Administration gate.</p>
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<p><em>A satellite image from Google Earth and image from Taiz News Network Facebook</em></p>
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<p><em>A satellite image from Google Earth, and screenshots from Belqees TV and Ahmed al-Salihi Facebook</em></p>
<h2>Time</h2>
<p>The first report of the incident was <a href="https://twitter.com/alhudhaifi/status/1521745698152194050">Mohammed Al-Hudhaifi</a> tweet at 09:57 am, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Taiz.Network.N/posts/2035026586702087">Taiz News Network</a> who published a photo of smoke rising as a result of the bombing. In the photo, the shadow of a motorbike analyzed by <a href="https://www.suncalc.org/#/13.5743,44.0221,19/2022.05.04/08:55/1/1">SunCalc</a> shows the time as 08:55 am approximately, what suggests that the bombing was in a time range between 08:55 - 09:57 am.</p>
<p><img src="/uploads/6_0129da5169.jpg" alt="">
<em>A screenshot of Mohammed Al-Hudhaifi tweet</em></p>
<p><img src="/uploads/7_c1de22a852.jpg" alt="">
<em>A photo from Taiz News Network Facebook</em></p>
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<em>A screenshot from SunCalc shadow analysis tool</em></p>
<h2>Probable munitions</h2>
<p>Local sources <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Taiz.Network.N/posts/2035026586702087">mentioned</a> that the bombing was conducted by a drone. Yemeni Archive obtained a photo of the remnants of the projectile that fell on Taiz Police Administration, which is the tail of a 60mm mortar shell that matches the Chinese-made 60mm M38, and dropped from <a href="https://www.yangdaonline.com/yangda-yd6-1000s-rtf-hexacopter-with-long-flying-time/">YD6-1000S RTF</a> drones, which the Houthis call <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euYf1bqB6k8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euYf1bqB6k8">Rajoum</a>.</p>
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<p><em>A photo obtained by Yemeni Archive and a photo from cat-uxo website, of a Chinese-made 60mm mortar</em></p>
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<em>A photo obtained by Yemeni Archive, an image from cat-uxo website of a Chinese-made 60mm mortar shell, and a screenshot from the Houthi war media video showing the Rajoum drone</em></p>
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<em>A screenshot from the Houthis&#39; war media video showing the Rajoum drone</em></p>
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<em>Image from Yangda Online Market of YD6-1000S RTF drone</em></p>
<h2>Probable responsibility</h2>
<p>The Houthis used this type of drones to launch similar attacks. Ten days before the attack on the Police Administration, the army forces in Taiz <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yemenstarz/posts/10226202035015916">shot down drone</a> with the same type that dropped bombs on their positions northwest of Taiz.</p>
<p><img src="/uploads/13_279a2e8954.jpg" alt="">
<em>A screenshot of Ahmed Basha Facebook post</em></p>
<h2>Physical damage</h2>
<p>Photos published by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PMCTAIZ/posts/409178497695837">the Security Media Center in Taiz</a> show that two four-wheel drive vehicles of Taiz police burned, a transport vehicle, and three civilian vehicles damaged  by shrapnel.</p>
<p><img src="/uploads/14_6c69d1c5a7.jpg" alt="">
<em>Photos from the Security Media Center – Taiz G Police Facebook</em></p>
<h2>Victims</h2>
<p>Several official entities in Taiz, along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published different numbers of the victims:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PMCTAIZ/posts/409178497695837">Security Media:</a> 8 wounded: 6 civilians, 2 police officers
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MediaTaiz/posts/358152826347829">Human Rights Office in Taiz:</a> 8 wounded: 6 civilians, 2 police officers
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=146045104617582&id=100076362780446">Taiz Information Office:</a> 8 wounded: 6 civilians, 2 police officers
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1379779675805659&id=100013209184893">Army spokesman:</a> more than 10 wounded officers and civilians
<a href="https://twitter.com/BinmubarakAhmed/status/1521860908884049921">Ministry of Foreign Affairs:</a> more than 10 injured</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>Yemeni Archive concluded that on 4 May morning 2022, the Houthis bombed Taiz Governorate Police building with 60mm mortar shells mounted on Rajoum drones, which resulted in 8 injures, including 6 civilians 2 police officers, while UN truce in Yemen is in effect.</p>


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