Picture of Saudi banknotes found in pockets of killed mercenary makes rounds in Yemen

Picture of Saudi banknotes found in pockets of killed mercenary makes rounds in Yemen

Activists have circulated a picture of 500 Saudi riyals found inside the pockets of a dead Al-Amaliqa Brigade mercenary who died during the fighting in Shabwah, southern Yemen.

The activists said the money was the soldier’s salary, showing a picture of the banknote mixed with blood.

Activists have reacted extensively to the image, which they said sums up the curse of war, and how Saudi-led coalition keeps bribing Yemeni youth for a paltry sum and plunging them into absurd battles

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