Saudi-led air strike kills dozens of mourners at funeral in Yemen

Record ID: 82941

  • Title: Saudi-led air strike kills dozens of mourners at funeral in Yemen
  • Date: 8th October 2016
  • Summary: SANAA, YEMEN (OCTOBER 8, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIRE FIGHTERS INSIDE THE DAMAGED BUILDING HIT BY AIR STRIKE AMBULANCE AND PEOPLE (AUDIO - AMBULANCE SIREN)
  • Embargoed: 23rd October 2016 18:49
  • Keywords: Sanaa Yemen Houthi Saudi Arabia
  • Location: SANAA, YEMEN
  • City: SANAA, YEMEN
  • Country: Yemen
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015359QO7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE - THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL
    Saudi-led coalition aircraft fired rockets at mourners at the funeral of the father of the interior minister in the Houthi-dominated Yemeni government on Saturday (October 8).
    The attack killed at least 82 people and wounded hundreds, the acting health minister in the Houthi-led administration said.
    Ghazi Ismail told a news conference in Sanaa the number of people wounded in the attack was 534.
    Witnesses said a missile tore through a hall in the south of Sanaa where a wake for the father of Interior Minister al-Roweishan was being held, destroying the building.
    Sources in the Saudi-led coalition said there was no Arab coalition air role in the strike.
    Witnesses described ambulances ferrying casualties from the scene, where a plume of black smoke rose into the sky. A medic said there were mutilated and charred bodies, but gave no figures.
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