As per reports, at least 42 people were killed when a helicopter opened fire on a boat carrying Somali refugees off Yemen’s coast. The vessel was hit near the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Among those killed were women and children.﻿

UNHCR issued identity documents were found in the boat with the bodies.﻿

Reports say that about 80 people survived and were taken to hospital.﻿

It is still not clear who carried out the attack. The mystery remains about where the boat was heading to or coming from.﻿

In a separate incident in Yemen on Friday, a mosque was attacked inside a military base in which at least 22 people were killed.﻿