UN urges investigation into Saudi killing of Yemeni schoolchildren

The United Nations has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of over a dozen civilians, including several schoolchildren, in an airstrike carried out by Saudi warplanes on a residential area in Yemen’s west-central province of Sana’a.

 

The United Nations has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of over a dozen civilians, including several schoolchildren, in an airstrike carried out by Saudi warplanes on a residential area in Yemen’s west-central province of Sana’a.

At least 13 people were killed and 92 others sustained injuries after Saudi-led warplanes launched aerial assaults against an area in Sa’wan district in Sana’a province on Sunday evening, Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population said in the aftermath of the gruesome crime.

The ministry at the time said that most of the students had been schoolchildren, as the explosion occurred close to a school.

Other reports, however, including that of the UN, set the death toll on 11 victims, including five students.

On Monday, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, voiced alarm at the “terrible, senseless deaths and injuries.“