Saudi-led coalition says it bombed Houthi arms site in Yemen, group says prison hit
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1429589
Saudi-led coalition says it bombed Houthi arms site in Yemen, group says prison hit
- Title: Saudi-led coalition says it bombed Houthi arms site in Yemen, group says prison hit
- Date: 1st September 2019
- Summary: DHAMAR, YEMEN (SEPTEMBER 1, 2019) (REUTERS) RUBBLE ON GROUND RED CRESCENT RESCUE WORKERS AND PEOPLE AT SITE OF STRIKE BODY BAGS LYING ON GROUND RESCUE WORKER AT SITE VARIOUS OF DEMOLISHED BUILDING
- Embargoed: 15th September 2019 10:57
- Keywords: dhamar air strikes Saudi strikes strike on prison dozens killed conflict in Yemen
- Location: DHAMAR, YEMEN
- City: DHAMAR, YEMEN
- Country: Yemen
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUTTNBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Saudi-led military coalition said on Sunday (September 1) it had launched air strikes on Houthi military targets in southwest Yemen. The Houthi-run media said the strike had hit a prison, killing dozens of people.
The Sunni Muslim coalition said in a statement it had it had destroyed a site storing drones and missiles in Dhamar.
Residents told Reuters there had been six air strikes and that a complex in the city being used as a detention centre had been hit.
The Houthi health ministry spokesman, in comments carried on the group's Al Masirah TV, said 60 bodies had been pulled from rubble at the prison. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the number of casualties.
Al Masirah quoted the head of the Houthis' national committee for prisoner affairs, Abdul Qader al-Mortada, as saying the detention centre in Dhamar housed 170 prisoners.
The Western-backed alliance intervened in Yemen in March 2015 against the Houthis after they ousted the internationally recognised government from power in the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014.
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