Migrant boat attacked with helicopter

dubai - Certainly 31 Somali refugees to the coast of Yemen killed because the boat they were in was attacked by the crew of a helicopter. The Coast Guard in an area controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen has announced Friday.

According to the Coast Guard Somalis were en route from Yemen to Sudan when they came under fire in the strait of Bab el-Mandeb. According to a crew member of the refugee ship eighty refugees rescued from the water.

It is not clear which party was the helicopter. In Yemen fighting the Houthi rebels with a coalition led by Saudi Arabia for power. A large part of the country is in the hands of the rebels.