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3 killed in landmine blasts in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Yemenis have frequently been killed by landmines since the civil war erupted in late 2014.

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Sanaa: Three people were killed in a landmine blast in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi-run media reported.

The victims were a woman and her two children, while her husband was critically injured in the blast in the al-Durayhimi district in the southern part of the city, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported on Wednesday.

The tragedy happened when the family was walking on a road and stepped on the landmine, Xinhua news agency reported.

Yemenis have frequently been killed by landmines since the civil war erupted in late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern cities and pushed the Saudi-backed Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.

The war has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed the country to the brink of famine.

(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

This post was last modified on January 12, 2023 11:01 am

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