Yemen: Children killed after missile hits hospital, says charity

Save the Children says at least seven killed, eight wounded at rural hospital

Houthi militiamen riding a vehicle patrol in Sana’a, Yemen. File photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA
Houthi militiamen riding a vehicle patrol in Sana’a, Yemen. File photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

Save The Children says a hospital it supports in Yemen has been hit by an airstrike, and at least seven people have been killed.

The humanitarian organisation said in a statement that four of those killed were children. It said eight people were wounded and two adults are unaccounted for.

Save The Children said a missile struck a petrol station near the entrance to Ritaf rural hospital, about 60 miles from the city of Sa’dah in north-western Yemen at 9:30am local time on Tuesday.

It said: “The missile was said to have landed within 50 metres of the facility’s main building.”

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The organisation said the hospital had open been open for half an hour and many patients and staff were arriving on a busy morning. – Associated Press