UN investigators have confirmed the deaths of more than 100 civilians, including at least 24 children, in a Saudi-led airstrike on a market in northwest Yemen on Tuesday — the latest and possibly deadliest attack in an increasingly disastrous intervention.
Officials who traveled to the site of the bombings in the village of Al Khamees, near Mustaba in Hajjah province, described a scene of carnage after two ordnances hit throngs of shoppers on Tuesday afternoon, one of the market's busiest times. By Friday, UN investigators had compiled the names of 96 victims, but could not identify 10 bodies that they said were burned "beyond recognition."
The blasts destroyed 16 shops at the market, which the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights described as the primary commercial site for the residents of some 15 nearby villages.
In a statement, High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein excoriated the Saudi-led coalition, which has bombed Yemen for nearly a year. The US-backed Gulf force, said Zeid, appeared to consistently fail in distinguishing between military and civilian targets in its campaign against the Houthi rebels. Full story...
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Officials who traveled to the site of the bombings in the village of Al Khamees, near Mustaba in Hajjah province, described a scene of carnage after two ordnances hit throngs of shoppers on Tuesday afternoon, one of the market's busiest times. By Friday, UN investigators had compiled the names of 96 victims, but could not identify 10 bodies that they said were burned "beyond recognition."
The blasts destroyed 16 shops at the market, which the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights described as the primary commercial site for the residents of some 15 nearby villages.
In a statement, High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein excoriated the Saudi-led coalition, which has bombed Yemen for nearly a year. The US-backed Gulf force, said Zeid, appeared to consistently fail in distinguishing between military and civilian targets in its campaign against the Houthi rebels. Full story...
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