|
A Reuters witness
at the scene of the attack in the Abs district said medics could
not immediately evacuate the wounded because war planes
continued to fly over the area and first responders feared more
bombings.
The facility is run by aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres, which
confirmed on its Twitter account that an air strike had occurred
there but said the number of deaths and injuries remained
unclear.
A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
Another air attack hit what MSF described as a school in
neighboring Saada province on Saturday, killing 10 children. The
coalition said the bombing had targeted a training facility run
by Yemen's dominant Houthi movement.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the air strike on
Sunday and called for a investigation, which the coalition said
it would conduct, according to a statement sent to Reuters.
Dozens of air strikes have hit civilians in Yemen since a
coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia began military
operations in March 2015 to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour
Hadi to power and roll back gains by the Iran-allied Houthis.
The Houthis and their allies in the General People's Congress
(GPC) party headed by powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh
set up a ruling council this month to run the parts of the
country they control.
In its first decree on Monday, the council declared itself the
"highest authority in the state (which) exercises all the powers
vested in the president."
Hadi's internationally recognized government and the United
Nations have criticized the council, set up after U.N.-backed
peace talks in Kuwait collapsed.
(Writing By Noah Browning; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
|
