'America killed my son': The Ethiopians bombed by US in Yemen prison strike

'America killed my son': The Ethiopians bombed by US in Yemen prison strike Submitted by MEE correspondent on Tue, 07/21/2026 - 13:01 Ethiopian survivors and families of those killed speak to MEE about the US strike on Houthi-run facility in Yemen Berhan Akeza, the mother of Tsiruy Hailu, who was killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in Houthi-controlled northwestern Yemen on 28 April 2025, pictured at her home in Tigray, Ethiopia (MEE) Off Born into poverty and with little opportunity at home, Hiwot Mehari took the dangerous smuggling route out of Ethiopia and across the Red Sea to Yemen , from where he hoped to reach Saudi Arabia . After two years in the deadly border region between Yemen and Saudi Arabia known as Rago, Mehari was caught by border security men and thrown into prison. On 28 April 2025, he became one of dozens of Ethiopians killed in a US air strike on a migrant detention in Saada, northwest Yemen.