Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Yemen conflict: Wedding attack death toll rises to 131

The death toll from a suspected air strike on a wedding party in Yemen on Monday has risen to at least 131, the United Nations and local medics say.

Missiles reportedly hit two tents in a village near the Red Sea port of Mocha, where a man linked to the Houthi rebel movement was celebrating his marriage.

But the Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing the rebels for six months denied responsibility for the attack.

The UN condemned "the disregard shown by all sides for human life" in Yemen.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that there was no military solution to the conflict and its continuation would only bring more human suffering and destruction.

Some 5,000 people, including 2,355 civilians, have been killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground since 26 March, when Houthi fighters and allied army units forced Yemen's internationally-recognised president to flee the country.

 BBC
29/9/15
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  1. Death toll from air strike on Yemen wedding party rises above 130: medics...

    The death toll from an air strike on a wedding party in Yemen has jumped to 131, medics said on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Yemen's war that drew strong condemnation from the U.N. secretary-general.

    A Saudi-led Arab coalition that has air supremacy over Yemen has strongly denied any role in the wedding party carnage, and a coalition spokesman suggested that local militias may have fired the projectiles.

    Residents said on Monday that two missiles tore through tents in the Red Sea village of Al-Wahijah, near the port of Al-Mokha, where a local man affiliated with the Houthis was holding his wedding reception.

    A medical source at a local hospital in Maqbana, where the casualties were taken, said on Tuesday that the death toll from the attack had risen to 131, from 27 reported on Monday.

    The Arab coalition began air strikes in March in a bid to drive the war's dominant armed faction, Iranian-allied Houthi forces, out of wide swathes of the country seized since last year, and to reinstate President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi......Reuters.....todayonline.com

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  2. The UN chief has strongly condemned a reported attack in Yemen blamed for the deaths of an estimated 135 civilians at a wedding party, while calling for an investigation...

    The incident happened on Monday, with local medical officials accusing the Arab coalition of causing the deaths while bombing a village near the Red Sea port of al-Mokha.

    Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies launched an air campaign in March against the Iran-allied Shia Houthis, after they forced Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into exile.

    More than 2,000 civilians have been killed in the ongoing conflict, according to the UN...................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/chief-condemns-deadly-air-strike-yemen-150929064109880.html

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  3. At least 13 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes that hit a wedding in a rebel-held town in Yemen...

    The attack happened in Sanban, about 100km (60 miles) south-east of the capital, Sanaa, witnesses said.

    It was not clear who was behind the attack but a Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out air raids against Houthi rebels.

    Last month an air strike on a wedding party near the Red Sea port of Mocha killed at least 130 people.

    The coalition denied it was responsible for that attack.

    The latest incident was said to have struck a wedding party being hosted by a tribal leader who is known to support the Houthi rebels. At least 25 people were reported to have been wounded............BBC
    8/10/15

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