Posted on 03/21/2021 12:03:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday broke their silence on the cause of a fire that tore through a detention centre for migrants earlier this month, killing at least 45 people, mostly Ethiopian migrants.
The rebels acknowledged that guards fired three teargas canisters into a crowded hangar in the capital, Sana’a, trying to end a protest by the migrants.
A statement by the rebel-run Interior Ministry said at least 11 men from the security forces were detained over the incident, along with a number of senior officials who would be tried before court.
About 900 migrants, most of them from Ethiopia, had been detained at the facility – including more than 350 inside the hangar. The site was run by the Passports and Naturalization Authority.
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Here’s a foreign adventure for you Biteme. Are you up for Arab Spring II? Obama and Hillary’s worked out so well after liberating Lybya from their civil war.
People are migrating TO Yemen?
I guess there is always something worse.
Wonder if the migrants are wearing those pre-printed T-Shirts “Yemen President, Let Us In!!”
Apparently someone told them that Yemen was only the first stop, and that somebody would be along to get them to where they want to go.
Can’t have a s hole without s hole people to make one.
Okay.
A statement by the rebel-run Interior Ministry...
The Guardian sucks soooo much.
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