Airstrike kills at least 19 civilians at vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeidah, official says
Source: NBC News and Reuters
Airstrike kills at least 19 civilians at vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeidah, official says
Oct. 24, 2018 / 7:07 PM EDT
By Charlene Gubash, Daniella Silva and Reuters
At least 19 civilians were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday in an airstrike at a vegetable market in Yemen, a local health minister told NBC News.
The airstrike hit a market in the city of Yemen's Hodeidah province, Sana'a-based heath minister Taha Mutawakil said. Eight of the injured were in critical condition and at a local hospital, he said.
The minister added that the bodies were so badly damaged that it was not yet possible if those killed were men, women or children.
A Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 has conducted frequent airstrikes targeting the Iran-aligned Houthi group and has often hit civilians, although it denies doing so intentionally, according to Reuters.
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