Though the deceased were reportedly members of the local militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), local human rights organization Yemeni National Organisation for Drone Victims (NODV) confirmed to Reuters that one of the victims, Mohammed Saleh Qayed Taeiman, was a child. „He was in sixth grade, so his age was between about 11-13 years old,“ said NODV head Mohammed al-Qawli. He described him as „a normal kid.“