Yemen: bombs near schools killed 14 children Chronicle

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Monday's blast near two schools in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, has left at least 14 dead and 16 others seriously injured, most of whom have died. under nine.

According to a statement by the Organization, the children died during an explosion that occurred near two schools in the Yemeni capital and that official sources would attribute to a bomb attack against the international coalition commissioned by Saudi Arabia.

The latest count of Unicef ​​indicates that more than 400 children have died or been seriously injured by the violence caused by the conflict in the country since the beginning of 2019.

The UNICEF director for the Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere, he said that "You could check" until then the death of 14 miners, although "the number of dead and wounded is likely to increase", quoted the EFE news agency.

"Seriously injured children, many of whom are fighting for their lives, are now in hospitals in Sanaá, most of them under the age of 9. A girl died of her injuries yesterday morning."he says

The incident caused a "shell explosion" who broke the windows and threw "broken glbad " who fell in the clbadrooms.

Cappelaere added, moreover, that he is "hard to imagine" the "horror" that these children have known and the "guilt" that parents should feel, whose only goal is "send their children to school".

"One in five schools can no longer be used as a direct consequence of the conflict, some because of direct attacks and others because they are now used for military purposes"He warned that some centers were directly attacked, while others were used for military purposes.

Meanwhile, the director of Save the Children in Yemen, Tamer Kirolos, condemned this new attack. "Boys and girls pay a high price in this war, they are war targets, schools and hospitals must be protected, but that does not happen in Yemen."he said.

The humanitarian organization demanded in a statement that all parties to the conflict fulfill their obligations under international law and take measures to protect the civilian population, including children.

He also called on countries that still sell arms to the Saudi-led coalition to immediately stop doing so.

The armed conflict erupted in the Arab country in late 2014 when the Houthis took control of vast areas of the west and north of the country, including Al Hudeida and the capital, Sanaá, and intensified in 2015 with the intervention of a military coalition. led by Saudi Arabia to support the government.