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Saudi warplanes have reportedly bombed a checkpoint near Yemen’s capital of Sana’a, killing at least seven people, mostly civilians.
Residents said the strike, which targeted the security checkpoint in the Bani Matar District in Sana’a Province.
The checkpoint was being manned by Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, which has been running state affairs and defending the nation against the Saudi war.
Witnesses said the fatalities included five civilians in a taxi and two armed personnel manning the site.
The strike made the taxi careen into a nearby gas station, setting it alight and complicating rescue operations, they added.
Earlier reports said an oil tanker had been hit by the air raid.
In its tallies released in February, Yemen’s Legal Center for Rights and Development said the Saudi war had killed over 12,000 civilians, including 2,568 kids.
The latest Saudi air raid comes days after its warplanes bombed a hotel north of the capital, massacring 60 civilians.
Saudi Arabia has been leading a destructive military campaign against Yemen since March 2015 to reinstate former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and crush the Houthi movement.
The campaign has seriously damaged the country’s infrastructure. In its tallies released in February, Yemen’s Legal Center for Rights and Development said the Saudi war had killed over 12,000 civilians, including 2,568 kids.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
