Dozens of dead and wounded in coalition bombings in Dhamar city, Yemen News DW



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"Up to now, 120 prisoners have been removed from the rubble, including 70 dead and 50 wounded," Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa told Youssef al-Hadhri, spokesman for the Houthi-controlled Ministry of Health. Al-Hadhri explained that 185 prisoners were inside the Community College building, 65 of which are still under the rubble.

According to witnesses, the number of raids targeting the building, which the Houthis turned into a prison for their prisoners, has reached 12 air strikes. Witnesses confirmed that three buildings inside the college were overcrowded, largely destroyed and that bodies were still scattered on the ground. Earlier in the day, Abdul-Qader al-Murtada, chairman of the Houthi Prisoners' Committee, said that "the targeted prison today is known to the enemy (the coalition) and the committee of the Cross. -Rouge, who visited him several times ". And today announced the leadership of the Arab Coalition aimed at "a military site of the Dhamar Houthi militias," pointing out that "a warehouse of drones and anti-aircraft defense".

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed deep concern at reports of targeting a "detention center" in Dhamar, saying it had sent teams medical and hundreds of body bags on the site.

The coalition said in a statement broadcast on the public news channel "Al-Akhbariya" that it had "destroyed a site belonging to the Houthi Dhamar militia containing stores for drones". According to the coalition, the site "also contains hostile air defense missiles". "We have taken all the precautionary measures to protect civilians in the targeting process of Dhamar," said the coalition.

AF / HZ (DPA / AFB)

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