Arab coalition fighter jets have hit a prison facility run by Houthi rebels in western Yemen's Hodeidah city, killing at least 60 people, including inmates, local officials and medics said on Sunday.
The prison held 84 inmates when it was struck three times late on Saturday, Hashem al-Azizi, deputy governor of the province of Hodeidah, told Reuters news agency.
"Sixty people in total were killed and dozens were wounded," a local health official told AFP.
The rebel-controlled sabanews.net also gave a toll of 60 killed and 38 wounded, adding that "dead bodies are still being retrieved" from under the rubble.
The Saudi-led alliance that conducted the raid said it struck a "central security building" used as a military command centre by the Houthi rebels it is fighting. Local officials said the prison lies within a security complex but that only prison guards were present during the air strike.
"This building is used by Houthi militia and the forces of the deposed president as a command and control centre for their military operations," a statement by the coalition said, referring to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a Houthi ally.
"The coalition forces' leadership stresses that targeting protocols and procedures were followed fully," the statement said.
[aljazeera.com]
30/10/16
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The prison held 84 inmates when it was struck three times late on Saturday, Hashem al-Azizi, deputy governor of the province of Hodeidah, told Reuters news agency.
"Sixty people in total were killed and dozens were wounded," a local health official told AFP.
The rebel-controlled sabanews.net also gave a toll of 60 killed and 38 wounded, adding that "dead bodies are still being retrieved" from under the rubble.
The Saudi-led alliance that conducted the raid said it struck a "central security building" used as a military command centre by the Houthi rebels it is fighting. Local officials said the prison lies within a security complex but that only prison guards were present during the air strike.
"This building is used by Houthi militia and the forces of the deposed president as a command and control centre for their military operations," a statement by the coalition said, referring to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a Houthi ally.
"The coalition forces' leadership stresses that targeting protocols and procedures were followed fully," the statement said.
[aljazeera.com]
30/10/16
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