SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition said Thursday it will probe reports of an airstrike targeting a gathering of female mourners near the capital, which killed seven people.
The airstrike hit a house packed with mourners in Arhab, some 25 miles from Sanaa, on Wednesday. Fahd Maqhat, head of the nearby Omeria hospital, said six women and one girl were killed, and that another 10 women were wounded.
“There have been ongoing military confrontations for days between the Yemeni armed forces and Houthi militias” outside Sanaa, the coalition said in a statement, referring to the Shiite Houthi rebels who control the capital. “We will verify these claims and provide media outlets with any information we obtain.”
Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, said he was “saddened and appalled” by the attack.