The 2nd anniversary of hitting a residential neighborhood in Sana`a by mother of bombs

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April 20, 2015, a huge fireball erupts in Sana` after a Saudi air strike hit a mountain, on Monday morning, overlooking residential buildings near Hadah district, , killing more than 240, Mohammed Shamsan, a YemenToday presenter was among those killed, and 800 others injured.

An airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led military coalition set off a huge explosion seen for miles around, later Saudi claimed targeting weapons base, and later the same place targeted several times in the Saudi-led air campaign.

There was one a shot in all local media that day” clouds as a rose over Fag Atan seen for miles around, ambulances are rushing to the site of the explosions, the streets are littered with glass, residents are scrambling for shelter, shop fronts are shattered and the windows are blown out of buildings, health ministry calls on citizens to donate blood, all people poste videos and pictures of the explosions, and the damage they had caused, on social media”.

The attack was by GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs, around 10:30 a.m. in the Faj Attan area, destroyed buildings that located in three kilometers beside the mountain, ruined 200 cars, and caused more than 80% to replace from out home.

Today, the 2nd anniversary for attack comes before the 2nd anniversary for another attack that targeted Nugm Mountain eastern Sana’a by a neutron bomb.Another Massive Explosion Followed By Powerfull Shockwave After Saudi Airstrike Knocks Sanaa Yemen

Since March 15, Saudi used to hit residential neighborhoods, according HRW and Amnesty International,showcasing an example  “the Saudi-led coalition used banned cluster bombs in Yemen”.