Saudi Coalition Resumes Airstrikes in Yemen; 10 Children Killed- GRAPHIC

A coalition led by Saudi Arabia has resumed airstrikes in Yemen resulting in the deaths of at least 10 children on Saturday while many others sustained serious injuries.

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Reports from Yemen indicate that a religious school was hit by missiles from the coalition fighter jets in a morning raid on Saturday.

According to Reuters, at least 30 children are currently injured, citing global humanitarian agency, Doctors Without Borders.

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The students were writing an examination when the airstrikes occurred and there are fears the casualty figures may indeed be higher.

Yemen’s Al-Alam News Network and Iran’s Tasnim news agency claim some 50 school children were killed.

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A video obtained by another media agency, Ruptly, seen by Reuters, reportedly shows numerous children with head, arm and leg wounds being carried away on stretchers with blood covered faces and bodies.

The video also provides still pictures of the bodies of children presumably killed, some with dismembered limbs and covered with dust.


Reuters however reports that there has been no official confirmation that the video portrays the exact aftermath of Saturday’s airstrikes in Yemen.

A number of airstrikes have been carried out in Yemen by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition since March 2015, reportedly on the request of President Mansur Hadi’s government.

Hadi’s government is waging a war against a rebel Houthi movement which rather recognises the ousted Abdullah Saleh as the legitimate Yemeni president.

Airstrikes carried out in the first week of August left at least 9 people dead at a potato chip factory in Yemeni capital, Sana’a, adding to the growing list of casualties blamed on the Saudi-led coalition.


One of the deadliest attacks on civilians occurred in September 2015, when 131 people died in an airstrike on a wedding in the village of Al-Wahijah. Locals blamed the assault on Saudi Arabia, though Riyadh strongly denied responsibility.

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