A Saudi Arabian-led coalition has admitted it bombed a funeral in Yemen last weekend, killing at least 140 people and wounded about 600, and said “wrong information” was to blame. Saudi Arabia has been targeting the rebels for more than 18 months after intervening in Yemen’s civil war to support the government. The air operation centre in Yemen, it added, directed a “close air support mission” to target the site without approval from the coalition’s command. The US-backed coalition, which accuses Houthis of being Iranian proxies, has come under heavy international pressure to investigate the bombing. More than 100 people who were injured in the funeral hall bombing have been allowed medical evacuation to seek treatment outside of Yemen, a government official said.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2016 15:07 UTC