Rockets fired by Houthis kill 14 civilians in Yemen

A Yemeni soldier rides a pick-up truck on which a machine gun is mounted, in Marib, Yemen.

Yemen - The sources said the shells also wounded some 70 people in the neighbourhoods of Tahrir and Daboua in the city of Taiz, in southwestern Yemen.

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Published: Thu 22 Oct 2015, 9:56 AM

Last updated: Thu 22 Oct 2015, 12:02 PM

Fourteen civilians were killed in one of Yemen's largest cities on Wednesday when shells fired by Houthi fighters and their allies, forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, fell on their neighbourhoods, medical sources said.
The sources said the shells also wounded some 70 people in the neighbourhoods of Tahrir and Daboua in the city of Taiz, in southwestern Yemen.
The Houthis and Saleh's forces are battling a Saudi-led coalition which is trying to restore the government of Yemen's current president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, which is now based in the southern Yemeni port of Aden.
Taiz, one of the largest cities in Yemen, has for weeks been a main battleground between the two sides and the fighting has caused significant casualties and forced thousands to flee.
Houthi officials were not immediately available to comment.
At least 5,400 people have been killed in the fighting in Yemen since March. The United Nations says the humanitarian situation, exacerbated by a Saudi blockade of Yemen's ports, is "critical".
 
 

Published: Thu 22 Oct 2015, 9:56 AM

Last updated: Thu 22 Oct 2015, 12:02 PM

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