SANAA (Dispatches) – Saudi aircraft struck a military police camp in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and wounding 90 more, including some prisoners, an official and witnesses said.
The strike is part of an air campaign by the Western-backed regime in Riyadh on Yemen that has escalated since the Houthis crushed a "sedition” last week led by former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and killed him.
One official in eastern Sanaa said Saudi aircraft launched seven raids. He estimated there were about 180 prisoners being held there.
The official said rescue teams had pulled out 35 bodies from the rubble, while the rest were not accounted for.
It was the latest in a string of Saudi air raids on Sanaa and other parts of the country, sometimes causing multiple casualties among civilians.
The U.S. and Britain provide political backing as well as weapons and logistical support for Saudi Arabia, which has been attacking Yemen since 2015 to restore former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to power.
Hadi has been based in Riyadh since 2015 and reportedly has been banned from returning to Yemen by his Saudi hosts, following a dispute between the former president and the United Arab Emirates, whose forces control the southern city of Aden.