18 Apr 2024
Wednesday 1 April 2015 - 00:45
Story Code : 157939

Saudi air strike kills 3, injures several in Yemen

Three people have been killed and several others injured in the latest Saudi-led airstrike on the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah.

Earlier on Tuesday night, Saudi warplanesalso attackedMa'rib and hit twotargets in the northwestern city of Sa'da.

Meanwhile,the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) has announced that atleast 62 children have been killed in Yemen since March 26, when the Saudi onslaughton the Arabian Peninsula country began.

"Children are in desperate need of protection, and all parties to the conflict should do all in their power to keep children safe," said UNICEF's representative for Yemen, Julien Harneis.

The European Union has also expressed concern over the civilian death toll in Yemen following days of Saudi-led airstrikes against the country.

"We are extremely concerned about the impact of thefightingin Yemen which has terrible consequences for the population," said a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in a statement on Tuesday.

The EU added that it is distressed by the civilian casualties and that it has strong concerns over Mondays air raid on the al-Mazrak displaced people camp in northwestern Yemen, which reportedly claimed the lives of some 45people.

"We call on all parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians, that civilian infrastructure is not directly targeted," the statement added.

A Yemeni man clears up the debris in his house near the Sanaa International Airport on March 31, 2015, which was damaged in an air strike by Saudi-led warplanes. (AFP Photo)Also on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Zeid al-Hussein warned that Yemen is on the verge of complete collapse, as Saudi-led warplanes continue to poundYemen for the sixth day.

He also expressed worries about the fatalities caused by the airstrikes, saying the situation in Yemen is extremely alarming, with dozens of civilians killed over the past four days.

The UN official went on to express shock over the al-Mazrakcamp airstrike.

According to figures published by his office, over 90 civilians have been killed and nearly 370 injured since the Saudi invasion began in a bid to restore power to fugitive Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.

By Press TV
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