SAUDI-LED AIR STRIKE KILLS NINE FAMILY MEMBERS
SAUDI-LED AIR STRIKE KILLS NINE FAMILY MEMBERS
Three children and
six women who were sleeping at time of attack on family home near Saada killed,
with more injured.
At least three women and six children from the
same family have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on
their home in northern Yemen, according to a local health official.
Dr Abdel-Ilah al-Azzi,
the head of the local health department, said on Friday that three other people
were also injured in the attack at dawn on the family home of
Taha al-Dharafi
in Mahda district on the south-western outskirts of Saada city.
We are recording all the crimes of the enemy and we will not forget
them," he said. All the criminals will be put on trial soon, God willing.
A relative, who declined
to be identified, said the attack happened while the family slept.
Their bodies were taken
to the morgue while rescue workers continued to search for a missing woman in
the rubble of the house.
Pictures from the scene
showed the house completely destroyed by the strike. Residents who rushed to
the scene were afraid to start rescue work while aircraft hovered overhead.
A spokesman for the
Saudi-led coalition did not respond to Reuters news agency's request for a
comment.
The coalition says it
does not target civilians.
SABA, an official news
agency controlled by the Houthi rebel group, said that a second air strike on a
car carrying civilians killed at least three people and wounded seven.
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