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Dozens dead, wounded in attack on Yemen bus carrying children: Red Cross
SANAA, Aug 9, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – An attack on a bus carrying children in
rebel-held northern Yemen on Thursday left dozens of people dead or wounded,
the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
“Following an attack this morning on a bus driving children in Dahyan
Market, northern Saada, (an ICRC-supported) hospital has received dozens of
dead and wounded,” the organisation said on Twitter without giving more
details.
“Under international humanitarian law, civilians must be protected during
conflict,” it added.
The Huthi rebels’ Al Masirah TV reported that 39 people had been killed
and 51 wounded, “mostly children”.
It accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Shiite rebels on the side
of the government of hitting the bus in an air strike.
It was not possible to verify the toll or who was behind it.
There was no immediate comment from the coalition, which intervened in
2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government to power
after it was driven out of the capital Sanaa by the rebels.
Yemen’s war has left nearly 10,000 people dead and unleashed what the
United Nations describes as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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