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Houthis target fleeing family with mortar shells in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Houthis target fleeing family with mortar shells in Yemen’s Hodeidah
Houthis attacked and detained dozens of young people protesting against plunging living standards and rising prices. (File/AFP)
Updated 07 October 2018

Houthis target fleeing family with mortar shells in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Houthis target fleeing family with mortar shells in Yemen’s Hodeidah
  • All five members of the family were injured when Houthis shelled them as they tried to escape towards Al-Khokha
  • The incident comes a day after the militia targeted a KSRelief camp for displaced people in Al-Khokha

DUBAI: Houthi militants fired mortars at a family as they fled their home in Durahmi, south of Yemen’s Hodeidah province, Saudi state-news channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.

A statement issued by the government-backed Amaliqa Brigades said all five members of the family were injured when Houthis shelled them as they tried to escape towards Al-Khokha.

The incident comes a day after the militia targeted aÌýKing Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief CentreÌýcamp for displaced people in Al-Khokha, killing a woman and injuring a large number of civilians.

KSRelief visited the Beni Jaber Camp in Al Khokha district on SundayÌýto assessÌýthe damage to the camp, Saudi Press Agency reported.Ìý

The charity's officials checked thatÌýthe mobile clinics at the camp were still able to do their work and the situation of thoseÌýinjured in the attack and treated by medical staff.

Meanwhile,ÌýKSRelief distributedÌýaid to more than 600 widowed women in Sayun District, located in central Hadhramaut includingÌý618 bags of clothes and154 boxes of food.

The distribution is part of humanitarian efforts from ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ through KSRelief to the people of Yemen, which have so far reached 286 projects.Ìý

Meanwhile, the Saudi Project for Landmines Clearance in Yemen, MASAM, said it hadÌýextracted 7,146 mines during 102 days since it launched the campaign. The munitions range from anti-personnel mines to other explosive devices and unexploded ordnances.

The report revealed that the team successfully cleared 787 mines from Marib and the West Coast during the first week of October.

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