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Toll from Tuesday's strikes on Yemen market rises to 119 dead: UN
Source: AFP
Sanaa (AFP) - The number of people killed in air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a market in northern Yemen's rebel-held Hajja province on Tuesday has risen to 119, a UN agency said.
The strikes killed up to 22 children, and injured 47 people, the UNICEF children's agency said in a statement.
It is one of the highest death tolls since the Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes in support of the internationally recognised government against Huthi rebels and their allies in March last year.
Medics and tribal sources previously reported 41 people killed in the strike.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/toll-tuesdays-strikes-yemen-market-rises-119-dead-135046372.html
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