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Air strike kills 6 of family in Yemen

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SANAA: An air raid believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition hit a home in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, killing six members of the same family, witnesses and rebels said on Thursday. Neighbours said the strike on the two-storey house took place at around 9:00 pm local time on Wednesday.


The coalition is the only force known to carry out air strikes on Ansar Allah-held territory and has previously admitted to “erroneous” strikes that caused civilian casualties.


“There was an air strike on the house. My father and rest of the family were inside,” the son, Ahmed Hazem al Samri, said.


He had been out for the evening at the time of the attack in the Shamlan district, northwest Sanaa.


“Six of them were killed and seven wounded,” said Samri. The dead were three children, two women and Samri’s father.


Rebel media outlet Al Masirah also said six people were killed in the air strike.


Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a military intervention in Yemen in 2015 with the aim of rolling back Ansar Allah fighters who had seized the capital and restoring the government to power.


More than 9,300 people have been killed in the war since and more than 50,000 wounded, according to latest figures from the World Health Organization. — AFP


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