28 Mar 2024
Sunday 18 June 2017 - 11:21
Story Code : 265100

Saudi bombing of Yemen market kills at least 24



Press TV - Saudi warplanes have bombed a bustling marketplace in Yemens extreme northwest, killing at least 24 people, theal-Masirah television reports.

The aircraft hit the al-Moshnaq market in Saada Provinces Shadaa District Saturdaynight as people gatheredto buy staples for Eid al-Fitr, a festivity which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

The network said the casualty figure could rise because the aircraft kept bombing after relief teams arrived at the scene.

The report said some of the fatalities have already been identified as relief workers, who died trying to reach the marketplace amid continued bombing.

Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen in 2015 to restore former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to power. Its airstrikes often targetcivilian population centers and the impoverished country's infrastructure.

The civilian fatalities from the invasion has been put at more than 12,000 people so far.

The Saudi bombing of a funeral hall in the capital Sanaa back in February grabbed rareinternational attention, in which more than 140 people were killedwhile attending a wake.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Picture shows the site of an air raid on a funeral reception in Arhab district, north of Yemens capital of Sanaa, on February 16, 2017. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]
The invasion has enjoyed logistical and generous arms support, including cluster munitions, from the United States and the United Kingdom.

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