A blast in Yemen kills 5 children who were playing soccer
AL-HASHMAH SUBDISTRICT, TAIZ PROVINCE, YEMEN, JUL 12 – The explosive device caused five child deaths and injured three others amid ongoing conflict between Iran-backed Houthi forces and Islah party militias, local rights groups reported.
- On Friday night, five children died after an explosive device detonated in Al-Hashmah, Taiz province, Yemen, according to rights groups and witnesses.
- Ongoing conflict in Taiz, with Houthis battling Islah militias, led to the blast, which rights groups attribute to shelling by those militias.
- Eyewitnesses reported five children playing football were killed by shrapnel from an explosive device, with three others injured, according to local witnesses and hospital sources.
- Yemen Center for Human Rights condemned the blast with graphic photos, while UNICEF acknowledged reports but cannot verify details.
- UN-Brokered peace talks have failed to break the deadlock, and the 2022 ceasefire remains largely frozen, prolonging civilian suffering in Yemen's ongoing conflict.
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Blast in Yemen kills 5 children who were playing soccer
Five children in southwestern Yemen died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing soccer, rights groups and eye witnesses said Saturday. The…


5 children playing soccer killed in Yemen explosion
ADEN: Five children in southwestern Yemen died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing soccer, rights groups and eyewitnesses said on Saturday. The circumstances surrounding their deaths on Friday night in Al-Hashmah subdistrict of Taiz province remain unclear. A spokesperson for the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said that
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