Five Yemeni Children Killed by Explosive Device While Playing Soccer
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Five children were killed when an explosive device detonated in a residential area of Al-Hashmah subdistrict in Taiz province, southwestern Yemen, according to a report published Saturday by the Yemen Center for Human Rights.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred Friday night while the children were playing soccer, eyewitnesses said. Three other people with minor to moderate injuries were taken to Al-Rafai Hospital.<\/p>\n
Other witnesses claimed the device came from an area controlled by forces allied with the Islah party, though details remain unconfirmed.<\/p>\n
The Yemen Center for Human Rights condemned the blast, sharing graphic photos and citing health sources who said the children died from shrapnel wounds.<\/p>\n
The victims included two 12-year-olds and two 14-year-olds; the age of the fifth child was not confirmed. UNICEF acknowledged the incident but said it could not yet verify the circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Five Yemeni Children Killed by Explosive Device While Playing Soccer ………………… Five children were killed when an explosive device detonated in a residential area of Al-Hashmah subdistrict in Taiz province, southwestern Yemen, according to a report published Saturday by the Yemen Center for Human Rights. The incident occurred Friday night while the children were playing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2931],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yemen"],"yoast_head":"\n