Yemen prison airstrikes kill at least 100

At least 100 killed or wounded in Yemen prison air strike carnage At least 100 people have been killed or wounded in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition which hit a detention centre in Yemen.

 

It followed nights of intensified bombing raids in the wake of a deadly Houthi attack on the UAE, a Saudi ally. Saudi Arabia has led a coalition of Arab states in a war against the rebels since 2015 which has devastated Yemen.

 

“There are many bodies still at the scene of the air strike, many missing people,” Ahmed Mahat, MSF chief in Yemen, told AFP news agency. Further south, three children were killed as they were playing football when an air strike hit a telecommunications facility in the rebel-held port city of Hudaydah, Save the Children aid agency said. Saudi Arabia said the coalition had carried out air strikes in Hudaydah but did not mention the attack in Saada.

 

The coalition has stepped up air strikes since the Houthis carried out a rare drone and missile attack on the UAE on Monday.