Saudi warplanes have bombed a bustling marketplace in Yemen’s northwest, killing at least 24 people, the al-Masirah television reports.
Saudi warplanes have bombed a bustling marketplace in Yemen’s northwest, killing at least 24 people, the al-Masirah television reports.
The aircraft hit the al-Moshnaq market in Sa’ada Province’s Shada’a District Saturday night as people gathered to buy staples for Eid al-Fitr, a festivity which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The network said the casualty figure could rise because the aircraft kept bombing after relief teams arrived at the scene.
The report said some of the fatalities have already been identified as relief workers, who died trying to reach the marketplace amid continued bombing.
Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen in 2015 to, its airstrikes often target civilian population centers and the impoverished country’s infrastructure.
