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100 Civilians Killed a Month in Yemen War, Most by Coalition: UN

  • Yemeni men walk past a mural depicting a US drone and reading 'Why did you kill my family,' in the capital, Sanaa.

    Yemeni men walk past a mural depicting a US drone and reading 'Why did you kill my family,' in the capital, Sanaa. | Photo: AFP

Published 24 March 2017
Opinion

The latest victims included 32 Somali refugees and a Yemeni civilian killed by "shelling from a coalition warship" and shooting by an Apache helicopter.

An average of 100 civilians a month are dying in Yemen's war which enters its third year this weekend, most killed by the Saudi-led coalition's airstrikes and shelling, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

In a statement marking the second anniversary on Sunday, it said it had confirmed 4,773 civilians killed and 8,272 injured in the conflict pitting Iran-allied Houthi rebels against the ousted Yemeni government backed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition.

The latest victims included 32 Somali refugees and a Yemeni civilian killed by "shelling from a coalition warship" and shooting by an Apache helicopter in an attack on their boat off the coast a week ago, it said. A further 10 are missing.

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