Dozens killed and injured in Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemeni cities, say NGOs
More than 100 people have been killed or injured after an airstrike on a rebel-run prison in Yemen, according to the Red Cross.
The Saudi-led attack hit a prison facility in Saada, a northwestern city controlled by Houthi rebels since 2014.
More than 100 detainees were killed or wounded, said Basheer Omar, an International Committee of the Red Cross spokesperson in Yemen.
“The toll is likely to increase, unfortunately,” Omar said, adding that the Red Cross had moved some of the wounded to facilities elsewhere.
An earlier airstrike on the port city of Hodeida had also struck a telecommunications centre, wiping out internet connectivity for many in the country.
The intense campaign comes after the Houthis claimed a drone and missile attack on an Abu Dhabi industrial area on Monday, killing three people and wounding six.
Save the Children say that the series of airstrikes on Yemen have killed at least three children and more than 60 adults, while at least 100 others were injured.
Aid workers and paramedics continue to clear the rubble with more casualties expected to be discovered in both cities, the NGO said in a statement.
Another NGO, Doctors Without Borders, said a hospital in Saada had received 138 wounded people, while another 70 had been killed.
“There are many bodies still at the scene of the airstrike, many missing people,” Ahmed Mahat, the organization’s head of mission in Yemen, said in a statement.
“It is impossible to know how many people have been killed. It seems to have been a horrific act of violence.”
The internet monitoring observatory NetBlocks said that the earlier airstrike on Hodeida left Yemen facing a “nation-scale collapse of internet connectivity”.
NetBlocks say the internet disruption began around 01:00
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