25 Apr 2024
Wednesday 6 May 2015 - 15:53
Story Code : 163678

11 killed in Saudi airstrike on Dhamar

At least 11 people have been killed in Saudi warplanes' bombing of the southeastern Yemeni province of Dhamar.

There were three children among the Yemeni people who lost their lives after Saudi fighter jetstargeted a police academy in the city on Wednesday.

At least 14 other people suffered injuries in the attack. Four of the wounded are in critical condition.

A number of residential areas and a school were damaged in the airstrike.

Reports also said that at least seven people, including three children and four women, were killed in the Saudi air raidsin the district of Kataaf in the northwestern province of Sa'ada.

At least 21 civilians, including women and children, were killed in Saudi airstrikes targeting a residential area in the province earlier on Wednesday.

Saudi forces fired at least 100 rockets atthe city of Sa'ada in the earlyhoursofWednesdaymorning.

On Tuesday, the head of the Ansarullah politburo, Saleh Ali al-Sammad, praised the Yemeni nations strong resistance in the face of what he described as the Al Saud regimes ongoing military aggression, stressing that Yemenis will give a befitting response to Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the popular committees backed by Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

On May 1, the World Health Organization said over 1,240 people lost their lives and 5,044 others were injured in Yemen from March 19 to April 27.

By Press TV
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