Saudi-led air strikes kill at least 20 Yemeni civilians
DUBAI -- At least 20 Yemeni civilians were killed and many others were wounded when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a village in the south, officials from the armed Houthi movement and the government said on Wednesday.
The U.N. said the victims of Tuesday's bombing, which hit al-Atera village in Taiz province where fighting between Yemen's two warring sides has intensified, were internally displaced people (IDPs).
Yemen's internationally recognised government confirmed that around 20 people were killed, including women and children. It gave no further details on the attack.
Yemen's human rights minister, Mohammed Askar, called for a government investigation into what he described as an "unfortunate incident." while Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam condemned it as a "monstrous crime."
