UN: Death Toll from Saudi-led Air Strikes Rises to More than 100
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The death toll from Saudi-led air strikes on an outdoor market in north-western Yemen has risen to more than 100, a provincial health director and a UN official say, making it one of the deadliest attacks in the year-old war.
Ayman Mathkour, director of the Hajjah health department, said the death toll from three air strikes in Mustaba district on Tuesday had risen to 116.
He put the number of injured in local hospitals at 47. Mr Mathkour said most of the casualties were civilians.
The acting director of the UN Children’s Fund’s office in Yemen, Meritxell Relano, put the death toll from Tuesday’s strikes at 119, according to the UNICEF Facebook page.
She said there were 22 children among the dead and six injured.
More than 8,400 people, half of them civilians, have been killed in Yemen’s conflict since the Saudi-led aggression began.
In January, a UN panel found that air strikes had targeted civilians, assessed that some of the attacks could be crimes against humanity and recommended the UN Security Council consider establishing an investigation.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
