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Six civilians, including children and women, injured in Houthi attack on Taiz

Six civilians, among them two children and two women, were wounded in artillery and sniper fire by Houthi forces targeting residential areas in Taiz.

Six civilians, including children and women, injured in Houthi attack on Taiz

Six individuals, comprising two children and two women, sustained injuries during an attack by Houthi forces on Taiz, Yemen. The incident occurred on Saturday when the militia engaged in artillery and sniper fire against residential areas. The local Office for Siege Affairs reported that a shell struck a home in the Al-Zahraa area, striking a woman and her two children with shrapnel.

Three other civilians were wounded in the Al-Qahfa, Al-Sijn, Al-Jabalayn, and Al-Jubaila regions. Among the wounded were three-year-old Tawfiq Fadl Ali Mohammed and his six-year-old sister Taleen Fadl Ali Mohammed, who both suffered shrapnel wounds to their right legs in Al-Zahraa. Their mother, Asmaa Hassan Mohammed Salam, 35, sustained a shrapnel injury to her right hand while collecting water.

Mintha Abdu Hizam, 35, was targeted by a Houthi sniper in the Tabbat Al-Afham area in the Al-Qahfa village of Al-Aqroud. Abdulmajid Mohammed Ahmed Mathna, 25, was also injured, suffering a gunshot wound to his left thigh in the Al-Sijn region.

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