The border crossing between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. (Photo credit: Sky News)
A damning report by Human Rights Watch predicts that “thousands” of Ethiopian migrants have been shot deed by Saudi Arabian border guards.
The 73-page report, “‘They Fired on Us Like Rain’: Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border,” found that Saudi border guards have used explosive weapons to kill many migrants and shot other migrants at close range, including many women and children, in a widespread and systematic pattern of attacks.
In some instances, Saudi border guards reportedly asked migrants what limb to shoot, and then shot them at close range.
Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who were attempting to flee back to Yemen.
A woman in her 20s from Ethiopia’s Oromia region said Saudi border guards fired on a group of migrants they had just released from custody.
The Saudi authorities have said they are taking these report “very seriously” and have an ongoing investigation.
If these reports transpire to be true, which they certainly seem to be, then it’s a true showing of barbarism.
Saudi Arabia is a proud “Muslim state” – we would like to know under which Islamic doctrine they believe this is permissible. Because it isn’t!
