Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians

NEW YORK: Saudi border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians using small arms and explosive weapons in a targeted campaign that rights advocates suggest may amount to a crime against humanity.

The shocking claims are made in a detailed investigation by Human Rights Watch, which interviewed dozens of Ethiopian people who said they were attacked by border guards while they tried to cross into Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

Witness testimony describes mass fatality events involving significant numbers of women and children killed in shelling, with dead people and body parts spread along trails.

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Satellite image showing the location of eight burial sites close to the Al Raqw migrant camp near the Saudi Arabia-Yemen border

The location of burial sites identified on satellite imagery close to the Al Raqw migrant camp.

The report builds on a mounting body of evidence of extremely serious human rights violations on the Saudi-Yemen border.

Last year UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to the Saudi government with allegations about the killing of hundreds of migrants.