A spokesman for the local health authority said on Friday that around 140 people were injured in the bombing in the city of Saada. Rescuers were looking for more victims. They are civilians, including refugees. Sanaa. There are numerous missing persons, said the spokesman. Saada is near the border with Saudi Arabia and is under the control of the Houthi rebels, who rule much of Yemen. In 2014, they captured the capital Sanaa, among other things.
Sunni Saudi Arabia sees the rebels as an ally of its Shiite nemesis Iran and is fighting them. The Houthis also attack the neighboring kingdom with missiles. The Saudi-led coalition, in turn, regularly bombs targets in Yemen, killing many civilians.
At least 200 injured
The aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF), citing local staff, reported that at least 200 injured people had been taken to a local hospital. Many bodies lay at the scene of the attack. “It appears to have been a horrific act of violence,” said an MSF spokesman. There were also air raids on other areas on Friday night. According to local media, there was a widespread failure of the internet.
The conflict over the desperately poor country in the south of the Arabian Peninsula has intensified again in recent days. At least three people were killed in a suspected Houthi drone strike in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi a few days ago. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are part of the Saudi alliance. The coalition then bombed the Yemeni rebels this week. At least twelve people were killed.
Source: Nachrichten
