Abdel-Karim Al-Ayyashi, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Bodies of Somali migrants, killed in attack by a helicopter while traveling in a boat off the coast of Yemen, lie on the ground at Hodeida, Yemen, Friday, Mar. 17, 2017. A helicopter gunship attacked a boat packed with Somali migrants off the coast of Yemen overnight Thursday, killing at least 31 people, according to a U.N. agency, Yemeni officials and a survivor who witnessed the attack. (AP Photo/Abdel-Karim Muhammed)

Military attack kills 42 Somali refugees off Yemen’s coast

by Abdel-Karim Al-Ayyashi Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressMarch 17, 2017

HODEIDA, Yemen — The boat packed with dozens of Somali refugees was more than 30 miles off war-torn Yemen’s coast when a military vessel and a helicopter gunship swooped in, opening fire in the dead of night Friday, killing at least 42 people. The…

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Military attack kills 42 Somali refugees off Yemen’s coast

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