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Saudi Arabia Used US-Made Bombs In Market Attacks In Yemen

Saudi Arabia used US-made bombs in two recent airstrikes on a busy market in Yemen, which killed scores of civilians according to Human Rights Watch (HRW)  The Saudi led strikes killed at least 97 civilians, including 25 children, in northwestern Yemen on March 15 The UN has also said that Saudi led airstrikes account for 60% of the civilians killed in the conflict, with strikes hitting markets, clinics and hospitals. Press TV reports: The March 15 bombing targeting the northwestern town of Mastaba marked the second-deadliest airstrike conducted by the Saudi campaign since it began its war in March 2015. The strike also wounded at least 47 people and left charred bodies lying next to flour sacks and twisted metal. Human Rights Watch said Thursday its investigators traveled to the town in Yemen’s Hajjah province the day after the attack and listed the names of 97 civilians killed in the strike, including 25 children. The team said that another 10 bodies were burned beyond recognition, bringing the total number of victims to 107. They found fragments of a GBU-31 satellite-guided bomb as well as its guidance equipment supplied by the US, matching an earlier report by British television channel ITV. “One [...]