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Coalition strikes kill at least 10 Yemen civilians

Coalition strikes kill at least 10 Yemen civilians

October 29, 2016 | 02:02 PM
A man stands by sheep killed by Saudi-led air strikes in Khamis Bani-Saad district of the western province of al-Mahweet, Yemen. October 27, 2016 file picture.
Saudi-led coalition air strikes killed at least 10 civilians in a battleground town southeast of Yemen's third city Taez on Saturday, the rebels, a medic and a loyalist official said.

The rebel-controlled sabanews.net website said 10 people were killed and seven wounded when the strikes hit residential buildings in the town of Salo where clashes with government forces are raging.A doctor at the town's public hospital said it had received the bodies of 15 dead and seven wounded.A local official loyal to the Saudi-backed government said a child and seven women were among 11 people killed when two coalition air strikes hit three homes by mistake.

October 29, 2016 | 02:02 PM