Air strikes kill at least 40 in Yemeni capital: state news agency

[May 27, 2015]  CAIRO (Reuters) - Air strikes on a military base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least 40 people and wounded 100 on Wednesday, Yemen's state news agency Saba reported.

"Around 40 people were martyred and more than 100 others were wounded, according to a preliminary toll, in bombing by the Saudi aggression's planes on the Sabaaeen area in the capital Sanaa today," the agency said.

(Reporting By Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Noah Browning; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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