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Saudi Airstrike Massacres 10 Women Returning from a Wedding in Yemen

Saudi Airstrike Massacres 10 Women Returning from a Wedding in Yemen
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At least eight women and two girls heading home from a wedding were martyred in an air attack in central-west Yemen, a health official announced.

Saudi Airstrike Massacres 10 Women Returning from a Wedding in Yemen

Saba news agency cited a security source as saying that the women's vehicle was struck by three Saudi-led aggression air raids late on Saturday.

The attack took place at around 11pm local time in the Harib al-Qaramish district of the Marib governorate, east of the capital, Sanaa, where the wedding had taken place.

Meanwhile, Mohammad al-Sheab, head of the health bureau in Marib, told media that the victims were all from the Haysan family. He said the women were between 30 to 50 years old, without providing an age for the two girls.

In a post on Twitter, Mohammad Abdel Salam, spokesperson for Ansarullah revolutionary movement, called the attack a massacre.

In previous tweets, Abdel Salam accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out "three bloody massacres in [the towns of] Taiz, Saada and Hodeidah" over the weekend. He added that more than 70 people were killed in those attacks.

Saudi Arabia has been leading an aggression against Yemen since March 2015, when the oil-rich Kingdom intervened to push back Ansarullah revolutionaries and allied troops, and reinstate the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The war has taken a huge toll on Yemen with more than 10,000 civilians losing their lives and millions of Yemenis being left without basic necessities.

Last week, the UN warned that some 8.4 million people "are a step away from famine" in Yemen, which is already battling a massive cholera epidemic.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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