Yemen prison airstrike: Yemen's Houthi rebels have accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out an airstrike on a prison in the northern city of al-Hazm, killing seven people, including a child.
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Houthi-run Health Ministry spokesman Anis al-Asbahi said on Monday that at least seven people, including a woman, were injured in the attack on the Central Correctional Facility (prison) in Yemen's Al-Jawf Province, bordering Saudi Arabia.
The Houthis said that a part of the prison was badly damaged after the attack. The ministry says that about 35 prisoners may be trapped under the debris. Apart from these, a woman is also trapped under the debris, who had reached jail to meet her husband.
The Houthi-run al-Masirah TV channel showed footage of the aftermath of the alleged attack, showing a collapsed building and people searching for something in the debris.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on these allegations.
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Houthi spokesman Yahya Sarri accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out “genocide” in al-Jawf, flying surveillance drones and supplying weapons to mercenaries.