UN condemns Yemen strike that killed as many as 9 children
Initial reports suggest Thursday's airstrike in Houthi-held northern Yemen killed up to nine children and injured seven others.
As many as nine children were killed following airstrikes in northern Yemen’s Jawf province Thursday, the United Nations said.
The attack occurred as the victims were traveling by road, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement. Field reports indicate the strikes, which occurred in the Houthi-held Haraad area in Jawf, killed as many as nine children and injured seven.
“Like all senseless acts of violence against civilians, this is shocking and completely, totally unacceptable,” Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said in a statement. “We extend our deep condolences to the bereaved and wish all of the injured a full and fast recovery.”
The Iran-backed Houthis blamed the Saudi-led military coalition for the strike, which came a day after the coalition said it intercepted a bomb-laden drone launched by the rebels that was headed toward Saudi Arabia.
