DUSHANBE, March 31, 2015, Asia-Plus – International media outlets report an air strike killed at least 40 people at a camp for displaced people in north Yemen yesterday in an attack, which apparently targeted nearby Houthi fighters who are battling President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Yemen”s state news agency Saba, which is under the control of the Houthis, said the camp at Haradh was hit by Saudi planes. It said the dead included women and children, and showed the bodies of five children laid out on a blood-streaked floor, according to Reuters.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which initially reported 45 deaths, said 40 people were killed and 200 wounded – dozens of them severely.
