At Least 41 Civilians Killed in Yemen Market by Saudi-led Coalition Planes

At least 41 civilians have been killed in a Yemen market by warplanes part of a Saudi Arabia-led coalition, officials have said.

An official at a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders said that the hospital had received the bodies of the dead, along with 35 people who were wounded. 

A health official said that many of the dead ‘are children who work stalls.’‘The scene was terrifying,’ Showei Hamoud told Associated Press.

‘Blood and body parts everywhere.” Many of the dead are children who work stalls or carry goods in return for tips.’

He added that people were collecting ‘torn limbs in bags and blankets’.Amnesty International said yesterday that Saudi Arabia had led a campaign of ‘unlawful’ air strikes and that ‘thousands have died.’

‘Yemen is now in a humanitarian crisis,’ it said.Amnesty urged countries including the US to cancel arm sales to the country.

‘Amnesty International has found both unexploded U.S. bombs and fragments of exploded U.S. bombs in the ruins of Yemeni homes and other civilian objects,’ it said.