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Saudi-led Airstrikes On Market In Yemen Kills Dozens

Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed a restaurant and a crowded market place in rebel held Hajja province in northern Yemen shortly before noon on Tuesday, killing at least 41 civilians and wounding 35 others. The BBC reports: Witnesses said at least two missiles hit a busy market in the Mustaba district of Hajja province at midday. Video footage purportedly of the aftermath showed what appeared to be the bodies of several children. Hajja is controlled by Houthi rebels, who the coalition is battling on behalf of Yemen’s government. More than 6,200 people, half of them civilians, have been killed since the coalition launched a military campaign to defeat the rebels at the end of March 2015, according to the UN. Last month, two-thirds of the 168 civilian deaths were attributed to air strikes. ‘Blood everywhere’ “The scene was terrifying,” witness Showei Hamoud told the Associated Press by telephone after Tuesday’s attack. “Blood and body parts everywhere.” “People collected the torn limbs in bags and blankets,” he said, adding that many of the dead were children who worked at market stalls or carried goods. The international medical charity, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), initially said in a series of tweets that it had [...]