Six Civilians Killed by Saudi Vessels Southwestern Yemen

Local Editor

Six people from two Yemeni families have been killed in rocket attacks by Saudi military vessels against a residential neighborhood in Yemen’s southwestern coastal province of Taiz.

Unnamed local sources said the Saudi craft fired a barrage of rockets at a village in the Maqbanah district of the province, which is situated 346 kilometers south of the capital, Sana’a, on Tuesday morning, also injuring dozens of people injured, the state-run news agency Saba reported.

The shelling targeted the houses of Shabat Hafeeth and Mahmod Hafeeth, destroying both homes and injuring five people.

Most of the killed were children and women. Rescue operation to search for possible survivors from underneath rub is underway.

The Saudi war on Yemen, which local sources say has killed at least 11,400 people, was launched in an unsuccessful attempt to reinstate the former government.

The Saudi war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools and factories.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team