Attack on a sports centre in Taizz City kills a man and a child and injures two other children

SMA NEWS – TAIZZ

Preliminary reports indicate that artillery shelling of Houthi militias hit a sports centre on the border of Al Qahira and Salh districts in Taizz City of Yemen, killing a father and his son and injuring two other boys while they were exercising. This is the second time in two weeks that artillery shelling has caused multiple child casualties in Taizz City. The injured boys were taken to Al Thawrah Hospital.

“This is another shameful attack on civilians in Taizz,” said Mr. Philippe Duamelle, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, he added “Children continue to pay the highest price in this conflict, and far too often they are paying with their lives. We extend our deepest condolences to the grieving family and wish the injured children a swift recovery.”

Hostilities in Taizz escalated in late September and since then, there has been indiscriminate shelling of residential areas in the city.