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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Yemen wedding death toll rises to 131
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe death toll from airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition that hit a wedding party in Yemen’s Taiz province has risen to 131, Yemeni medical officials say.
Details about the strikes, which took place Monday, are sketchy but a UN official says that if confirmed, the high death toll would make it one of the deadliest incidents in the conflict.
At least 80 women were among the dead, say the Yemeni medical officials, who work in the province and have been neutral in the conflict that has torn their country apart. The Saudi-led coalition apparently struck the wedding party by mistake in al-Wahga, a village near the strategic Strait of Bab al-Mandab, according to Yemeni security officials.
— AP
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