Do You Remember Butheina? Saudi Intelligence Kidnapped Her From Sana`a
Bataina Mohammed Mansour al-Rimi, who became a symbol of the forgotten war in Yemen, was kidnapped by smart Saudi Arabia by an organization called Sama on Monday.
Buhaina, a survivor After a Saudi air strike destroyed her home, her images, which attempt to open her eyes, have become contagious to social media outlets. Hundreds of people have posted their own photos in solidarity with the young girl.
Buthaina Mohammed Mansour, believed to be 4 or 5 years old, sits on a bed in a hospital after she survived an air strike led by Saudi Arabia. Credit Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
Later, Buthaina appeared alongside a Saudi officer in an office inside Saudi territory.
Picture of Leptina next to a Saudi officer in an office inside Saudi territory, 2017, YemenExtra
“There was a person named Fouad Thabit al-Mansouri who came to our institution as a director to produce the Bouhaina film,” Sama Ahmed, president of the Sama Human Foundation, told the press conference.
“We went to Sanban, where two air raids by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 15 civilians and injured 25 others at a wedding in 2015 to photograph them,” she said.
“I went with them, first we visited her destroyed house in the Atan district, then decided to move to Sanban in Dhamar, then they asked to go on a tourist visit to the Admet district.”
“In Damet, Fouad asked to go on a visit to his family near the place, but they found that he was ambushed, brought them to the point of the Saudi forces, and reached Buthaina and his family to Saudi armored vehicles.
“Two days later, I was transferred from Aden to Dhamar and continued my trip to Sanaa and informed the competent authorities,” said the head of SAMA.
The United Nations reported in January that nearly 10,000 civilians had been killed and about 40,000 wounded by air strikes and ongoing violence.
Earlier, some pictures were distributed to her uncle with a banner calling on international organizations to release Bitya and his family from the kidnapping
