Civilians Killed and Injured in Houthi Targeting of Ambulance in Taiz

Yemen Monitor / Newsroom: Two civilians were killed and three others injured, including two women, today, Sunday, when Houthi militants targeted an ambulance and another vehicle in Al-Shaqb, southeast of Taiz, according to the official Saba News Agency. It reported that Houthi militants targeted the ambulance with a barrage of gunfire as it passed along the main road in the Al-Awat area, in Sabir Al-Mawadim District. This resulted in the death of the injured patient being transported and his father, as well as the injury of a paramedic team member who was trying to provide assistance. Sources added that the targeting was carried out by Houthi personnel stationed on the outskirts of the Al-Sainah area, using sniper weapons and a medium machine gun. This led to the surrounding and damaging of the ambulance and rendered the retrieval of victims impossible amid the ongoing fire threat, necessitating the arrival of another paramedic team from the peak of Mount Sabir to help retrieve them. In the same context, two women were injured when Houthi militants targeted vehicles passing along the main road in the villages of the Al-Najadah sub-district in Al-Shaqb, Sabir Al-Mawadim District, southeast of the governorate. According to Saba Agency, the targeting struck three cars carrying women and civilians as they passed along the main road, resulting in injuries to two women and causing damage to the vehicles. The post Civilians Killed and Injured in Houthi Targeting of Ambulance in Taiz appeared first on Yemen Monitor.