Saudi attack on Yemen wedding kills up to 33, wounds dozens
Officials said ambulances were initially unable to reach the site for fear of more attacks as the jets continued to circle overhead
An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, killing between 22 and 33 people and wounded up to 55, health officials said on Monday, as harrowing images emerged on social media of the bombing the previous day.
Khaled al-Nadhri, the top health official in the northern province of Hajja, said most of the dead were women and children who were gathered in one of the tents set up for the wedding party in the district of Bani Qayis. He says the bride was also killed.
Hospital chief Mohammed al-Sawmali said the groom and up to 45 of the wounded were taken to the local al-Jomhouri hospital.
Footage from the scene of the attack shows scattered body parts and a young boy in a green shirt hugging a man’s lifeless body, screaming and crying.