Yemen wedding bombing kill 13, injured 38

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SANAA: At least 13 people were killed while 38 other sustained injures in bombing at wedding ceremony held rebel occupied Yemeni town, a medical source said Thursday.

The bombing targeted a house hosting a wedding celebration in Sanban, in Dhamar province, medics and witnesses said.

At least 13 bodies and 38 injured were shifted to Dhamar following the bombing of a house where dozens were celebrating a wedding.

“Coalition warplanes launched the attack. The house got completely destroyed,” said witness and local resident Taha al-Zuba. “Warplanes were heard in the area ahead of the attack.”

A suspected coalition air strike killed at least 131 civilians at a wedding near the Red Sea city of Mokha in September, which the United Nations (UN) said may have been the deadliest hit since March. The coalition denied involvement.

The UN says around 5,000 people have been killed and 25,000 wounded, many of them civilians, in Yemen over the past seven months.