Yemen: Saudi-led airstrike on rebel-run prison kills at least 60 and wounds 200
by Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5V90B)
Hospitals overwhelmed in Sa'ada after attack levels buildings in Houthi northern heartland
An airstrike on a prison in northern Yemen killed at least 60 people and wounded 200 more, while a separate attack shut down the country's internet, as Saudi-led reprisals to a Houthi drone attack on the United Arab Emirates intensified.
The violence marked an especially deadly day in the seven-year war, leaving bystanders searching through rubble with their bare hands to rescue those trapped in two locations: a prison in the city of Sa'ada and a telecommunications centre in the port city of Hodeidah, where three children playing football nearby were reported to have been killed.
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