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40 children killed in Yemen bus strike: new Red Cross toll

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AFP Sanaa

Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen, the Red Cross said in a new toll today.

Fifty-six children were also among the 79 people wounded in the Thursday strike on Saada province, a rebel stronghold that borders Saudi Arabia, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

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First Published: Aug 14 2018 | 12:50 PM IST

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