Death toll rises in alleged Houthi missile attack on Marib gas station
At least 21 people are dead, including a child, following a ballistic missile attack that Yemen's government said targeted a civilian gas station.
A five-year-old girl is among the 21 people who died in a ballistic missile attack on a gas station in the central Yemeni city of Marib that the government blamed on the Houthi rebels.
The ballistic missile struck Marib’s densely populated Rawdha neighborhood on Saturday, Yemeni officials said. Witnesses told Saudi-based Arab News that the attack occurred while dozens of cars were waiting in line for fuel.
According to the Yemeni government-run SABA news agency, the Houthis also launched a bomb-laden drone that struck two ambulances as they arrived at the scene.
The Houthis denied targeting civilians. Houthi official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said the rebels had bombed a nearby military base, not the gas station, and that the group would welcome an independent investigation.
