LOCATION
مديرية الوضيع, Wadi’a district , Abyan, Yemen
Initial reports of a US or Yemeni bombing raid upon a police station in Wadi’a district on July 14, 2011 may have resulted in as many as fifty people killed, with as many as thirty civilians among the deceased. Militants were also killed and injured, though there was huge variation in the numbers reported, which
Summary
First published
July 14, 2011
Last updated
May 14, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike, Drone Strike
Infrastructure
Emergency Services, Police Station
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Suspected belligerents
US Forces, Yemeni Air Force
Suspected target
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Belligerents reported killed
6–50
Belligerents reported injured
10–12
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