(Previous Incident Code: YEM190 )

A suspected US drone strike destroyed a car killing at least one and as many as four people. Sources believed the dead were members of AQAP. They were all reportedly part of the Awlaq tribe – a large and powerful family in Yemen. The attack destroyed a car in the city of Ataq, capital of southern Shabwa. It reportedly hit as it was driving near the al Farouq mosque in the south of the city. Photographs published by local news website Shabwah Press suggested the strike did not cause much damage besides destroying the vehicle. The website also published a graphic image of the remains of one of the people killed in the strike and therefore should be viewed with caution. This level of precision suggests US drones carried out the attack, as reported by witnesses and local and military officials. However Saudi Arabia was responsible for other airstrikes in the Shabwa area suggesting this was US attack.

Type of attack: Possible US drone strike