Missile

Missile event in Kitaf area, Yemen on Tue 26th March 2019

26th March 2019

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One health worker and one guard at the INGO supported Ritaf rural hospital were killed during an airstrike on March 26, 2019. An explosion occured when a missile reportedly struck the gas station near the entrance to hospital, approximately 60 miles from the city of Saada in northwest Yemen, at 9:30am. Seven people died in the blast including four children and the two staff members (only staff counted here).

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Yemen (YEM)

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