10 women killed in Saudi airstrike targeting wedding procession in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition has conducted an airstrike on a wedding procession in Yemen, killing at least 10 women, witnesses and health officials told AP. Riyadh has been much criticized for the conflict’s high civilian death toll.

The incident took place on Sunday as the procession made its way to a village in Marib province, some 170 km from the capital of Sanaa. The bride was among them, though it is not clear whether she was wounded, the Associated Press reports. According to Yemeni rural traditions, a bride and her female friends and relatives march to the wedding ceremony where the groom awaits.

The grieving father of two women killed in the raid told Yemeni Almasirah TV channel that it was a “heinous crime”.
 RT.COM
 17/12/17