SANAA: Children were among at least 14 people killed in an air strike that toppled residential blocks in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Friday, witnesses and medics said.
The attack was the latest in a wave of deadly raids on residential areas of Yemen blamed on a Saudi-led Arab military coalition, drawing strong international condemnation. The United Nations has accused the Arab coalition of killing 42 civilians in the week to Thursday, including many children.
Friday’s air raid destroyed two buildings in the southern district of Faj Attan, leaving people buried under debris, said an AFP photographer on the scene. The images he took showed severely damaged buildings, piles of smashed concrete blocks and splintered beams of wood.
Medics at the site said at least 14 people including six Children and two women had died in the strike at 3:15 am (0015 GMT). Al-Massira television channel run by the Huthi rebels who control the capital said those killed were all civilians, and blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the strike.
08-26-2017, 10:41 PM
Children among 14 dead in Yemen strike
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