Air strike kills at least 40 at Yemen camp
An air strike killed at least 40 people at a camp for displaced people in north Yemen on March 30, humanitarian workers said, in an attack which apparently targeted nearby Houthi fighters who are battling President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Yemen's state news agency Saba, which is under the control of the Houthis, said the camp at Haradh was hit by Saudi planes. It said the dead included women and children, and showed the bodies of five children laid out on a blood-streaked floor.
A Saudi military spokesman said the kingdom was seeking clarification on the incident.
Hadi's Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin earlier blamed Houthi artillery for the explosion.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which initially reported 45 deaths, said 40 people were killed and 200 wounded - dozens of them severely.
A humanitarian worker said earlier that the strike hit a truck of Houthi militiamen at the gate to the Mazraq camp, near Haradh, killing residents, guards and fighters.