{"id":4026,"date":"2017-04-05T06:30:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T06:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4026-report-uk-police-may-probe-saudi-war-crimes\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T06:30:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T06:30:53","slug":"report-uk-police-may-probe-saudi-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4026-report-uk-police-may-probe-saudi-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Report:  UK police may probe Saudi war crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland Yard has reportedly launched a \u201cscoping exercise\u201d into Saudi war crimes in Yemen, and could launch a wholesale investigation into the matter, a report says.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Scotland Yard has reportedly launched a \u201cscoping exercise\u201d into Saudi war crimes in Yemen, and could launch a wholesale investigation into the matter, a report says.<\/h4>\n<h4>The British daily The Guardian cited a Scotland Yard spokesman as saying that the Metropolitan police service (MPS) had received a referral of war crimes, made against Saudi Arabia committed in Yemen.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cFollowing receipt of the referral, the MPS war crimes team began a scoping exercise and contacted those making the allegations,\u201d the official added.<\/h4>\n<h4>The exercise is being carried out to see if there should be a proper probe into the allegations, the paper said.<\/h4>\n<h4>Saudi Arabia has been waging the war for more than two years now in support of Yemen\u2019s former Riyadh-allied government. 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