May 13, 2015

Missing Moroccan F-16 pilot identified







The photos of the Moroccan pilot who went missing after the downing of Moroccan F-16 in Yemen went viral on social media, with statements praying for his safety.

Informed sources reported that the missing pilot was Yassin Bohti, a lieutenant in Moroccan Air Force, who is originally from Casablanca and lives in Marrakech. The twenty-six yea- old Moroccan pilot, was participating in a raid against Hothi rebels in Yemen.

The Moroccan Air Force (FARMAROC) family, posted in ts forum yesterday a communique “offering its deep and sincere condolences to the family and friends of [the] fallen Martyr, Lt Bahti in the fields of honor.” “May God welcome him into his vast paradise,” FARMAROC added.The Iran-backed Shia Houthi rebels in northern Yemen released the first images of what is said to be the corpse of Moroccan pilot whose F-16 warplane was reportedly shot down on Sunday.

Houthi militants also published images showing the wreckage of the Moroccan F-16 warplane scattered in a mountainous area in Yemen.

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