At least 20 people were reported killed in an attack on a market in Yemen’s Taiz province, with the Houthis and local authorities blaming each other
At least 20 people were killed and 15 injured in an attack on a market in southwestern Yemen on Friday, according to a health ministry spokesperson in the Iran-backed Houthi rebel administration. The casualties were reported from al-Waziyah in Taiz province. Local authorities in Taiz confirmed that an attack on a busy market had killed and injured people but disputed the Houthis’ account. If confirmed as an airstrike, the incident would rank among the deadliest attacks since fighting resumed between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces.
Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anees Alsabahi told Houthi-run television channel Al Masirah that the death toll could rise. They blamed the rebels for the incident and said no airstrikes had been carried out in the area. He blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the attack. The conflicting accounts could not be independently verified. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.