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Death Toll in Saudi-Led Coalition Strike on Funeral in Yemen Rises to 82

© REUTERS / Khaled AbdullahPeople stand at the site of an airstrike which witnesses said was by Saudi-led coalition aircraft on mourners at a hall where a wake for the father of Jalal al-Roweishan, the interior minister in the Houthi-dominated Yemeni government, was being held, in Sanaa, Yemen October 8, 2016
People stand at the site of an airstrike which witnesses said was by Saudi-led coalition aircraft on mourners at a hall where a wake for the father of Jalal al-Roweishan, the interior minister in the Houthi-dominated Yemeni government, was being held, in Sanaa, Yemen October 8, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The death toll from a Saudi airstrike on the funeral ceremony in Sanaa has risen to 82 people, with a further 534 injured, acting health minister in the Houthi-led administration in the Yemeni capital said.

The death toll from a Saudi airstrike of the funeral ceremony in Sanaa has risen to 82 people, with a further 534 injured, acting health minister in the Houthi-led administration in the Yemeni capital said.

Smoke billows from buildings following a reported air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on October 5, 2016 - Sputnik International
Dozens of People Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Funeral Ceremony in Yemeni Capital
Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels since 2014. The Houthis are backed by army units loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the opposition Houthis at the request of ousted Hadi.

In August, the United Nations said that more than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Yemen since March 2015.

 

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