Yemen: One Child Killed, Four Injured in Houthi Attack in Taiz

Published January 9th, 2021 - 06:33 GMT
Smoke billows at the Aden Airport on December 30, 2020, after explosions rocked the Yemeni airport shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government.  AFP
Smoke billows at the Aden Airport on December 30, 2020, after explosions rocked the Yemeni airport shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government. AFP
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The Iranian-backed militia targeted on Friday a residential neighbourhood in the city.

A fifteen-year-old child was killed, and two other children and two women were seriously injured in a Houthi attack in Yemen’s Taiz province, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

The Iranian-backed militia targeted on Friday a residential neighbourhood in the city, the agency said.

“The Houthis targeted the old airport area with two shells from its locations in the Ghurab area, which led to the death of a fifteen-year-old child, and two other children and two women were seriously injured,” a local source said.


This article has been adapted from its original source.

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