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Yemen Air Strike Kills Family of Nine

Yemen Air Strike Kills Family of Nine
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An air strike on a village near the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed a family of nine, residents said on Saturday, in what turned out to be a hit by the Saudi-led military.


Yemen Air Strike Kills Family of Nine

 

Five other people were wounded and some citizens remained under the rubble, state news agency SABA said.

The operation by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states was aimed at stopping the Yemeni Houthis from winning control of Yemen, and at reinstating the ousted Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Residents near Okash village, which was near Jebel al-Nabi Shouieb mountain, said the air strike was on Friday night and killed nine people.

SABA said the family consisted of two men, a woman and six children. It posted a picture on its website showing three children lying next to each other with pieces of papers with the date April 3, 2015 written on them.

The United Nations Security Council would meet on Saturday after Russia called for a meeting to discuss a proposal for a humanitarian pause in the air strikes on the country.

Ousted Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left Aden last week amidst Ansarullah defensive operations despite nine days of air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition aimed at controlling Yemen.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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