Houthi missile attack in Marib kills, injures 29
The Iran-backed Houthi group did not claim responsibility for the attack, which the Yemeni information minister said killed women and children.
A Houthi ballistic missile attack late Sunday killed or injured more than two dozen civilians at a mosque and religious school in the central province of Marib, according to a senior official in Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
Two Iranian-made ballistic missiles struck a residential area in Marib’s al-Juba district, Yemeni Information Minister Moammar Al Eryani said in a Twitter statement quoted by Reuters. The Marib governor’s office also said two ballistic missiles were used.
The Iran-backed Houthi group did not claim responsibility for the attack, which Al Eryani said killed women and children.
In February the rebels resumed their offensive on Marib, the last major northern stronghold of the government led by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. The fighting has escalated in recent months and on Thursday, security officials blamed the Houthis for a ballistic missile attack that struck a home in the neighborhood of Al-Aumd and left at least 11 people dead.
