Yemen: US Bombs Used in Deadliest Market Strike

Remnant of a “strake,” part of a US-supplied JDAM satellite-guided bomb, found at the scene of the March 15, 2016 airstrike on Mastaba, in northern Yemen. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Remnant of a “strake,” part of a US-supplied JDAM satellite-guided bomb, found at the scene of the March 15, 2016 airstrike on Mastaba, in northern Yemen.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Remnant of a Paveway laser guidance system found at the scene of the air strike on the Mastaba market on March 15, 2016.
Remnant of a Paveway laser guidance system found at the scene of the air strike on the Mastaba market on March 15, 2016.  © 2016 ITV News
Mastaba residents clean up the market the day after the March 15 airstrike.
Mastaba residents clean up the market the day after the March 15 airstrike.  © 2016 Amal al-Yarisi
The impact crater created by the first coalition airstrike in the Mastaba market on March 15, just in front of a row of shops and a restaurant.
The impact crater created by the first coalition airstrike in the Mastaba market on March 15, just in front of a row of shops and a restaurant.  © 2016 Amal al-Yarisi
A man collects remnants and debris from one of the impact craters created by the March 15 bombing in Mastaba, northern Yemen.
A man collects remnants and debris from one of the impact craters created by the March 15 bombing in Mastaba, northern Yemen.  © 2016 Amal al-Yarisi
The covered market in Mastaba where vendors sold qat, a plant widely chewed in Yemen as a mild stimulant, vegetables, and household goods that was destroyed in the March 15 airstrike.
The covered market in Mastaba where vendors sold qat, a plant widely chewed in Yemen as a mild stimulant, vegetables, and household goods that was destroyed in the March 15 airstrike.  © 2016 Amal al-Yarisi
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