The Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes hit a market in Yemen’s Haja province on Tuesday, killing 41 civilians and injuring 75 others, according to a senior provincial health official.
The director of Haja health department, Dr. Ayman Mathkour, told Reuters that three airstrikes hit the market in the Mustaba disctict.
There have been conflicting reports as to the number of casualties resulting from the strike on the market. Saba Net, a Yemeni news agency controlled by the Houthis, says that 65 people have been killed and 55 more injured in the air strike in Mustaba. Read full
US @WhiteHouse MUST stop selling bombs to #SaudiArabia, used to kill civilians in #Yemen. https://t.co/y1ijRLfmT8 pic.twitter.com/NAZo1iNOrw
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) March 14, 2016
Obama is wrong to call #Saudi a "free-rider".
All these innocent civilians in #Yemen won't just kill themselves. pic.twitter.com/Ae3T6YrU6s
— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) March 15, 2016
.@MSF: Women & children were among the 40+ wounded people we receivced following attack in Mustaba district #Yemen pic.twitter.com/iNvKHJBIyy
— أطباء بلا حدود-اليمن (@msf_yemen) March 15, 2016
Another MASSACRE: 78 Civilians killed by Saudi airstrikes today in attack on shopping market in #Yemen region Hajjah https://t.co/bhATclNeL5
— Right word (@abcdaee198) March 15, 2016
This is genocide. #Saudi is massacring the people of #Yemen with full support from its American + European allies. https://t.co/06rA4iIiEX
— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) March 15, 2016
MASSACRE: 78 civilians killed & 39 injured by Saudi airstrikes attack on marketplace in #Yemen region Hajjah #اليمن pic.twitter.com/0jzNHjeos0
— Yemen Post Newspaper (@YemenPostNews) March 15, 2016
Update: Death toll from Saudi-led airstrikes in #Yemen rises to 65 (file pic) https://t.co/tdbzH204lg pic.twitter.com/vOl3f5PxeH
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 15, 2016
The US is a party to the conflict in #Yemen & it should stop selling bombs to #SaudiArabia https://t.co/bgQfCrQmxC pic.twitter.com/EYbJdRSVng
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) March 15, 2016
That’s not a flight crash; it’s the USA missiles targeting #Yemen aircrafts. #USAManagesTerrorismAndSiegeOnYemen pic.twitter.com/Y4bSGl1UMM
— Dr. RS Karim (@RSKarim1) March 13, 2016