Militias blow up houses, burn drinking water trucks in Hajoor

English - Saturday 09 March 2019 الساعة 05:45 pm
Aden – NewsYemen.net

The Houthi militias committed on Saturday a new war crime by blowing up houses and burning drinking water trucks east Kushar district in Hajjah province.

Local sources said that the terrorist militias looted several houses in the Al-Abaisa area before they destroyed and abused their women and children in retaliation for Hajoor tribes.

The sources added that the Houthi militias managed to invade al-Abaisa area after fierce battles in the past few hours, and the armed militias evacuated, looted and blew up many houses in the area.

The houses of Mohsen Qarfat Raiban, Ahmed Saghir al-Namsha, Hamdi Magthi al-Namsha, Mohammed Ahmed Hameed al-Namsha, Abdulkhaleq al-Namsha and Sheikh Zaid Omair were blown up by the armed militias backed by Iran.

The Houthi militias burned 27 water trucks, transporting pure drinking water, in the same area.

According to preliminary official statistics, the victims of indiscriminate bombing and siege, which lasted 50 days, killed more than 52 martyrs and 182 wounded, including women and children, as the result of targeting civilians directly in Hajoor areas in Kushar district, and 37 were missing under the rubble were not identified so far.

The statistics published last week revealed that the Houthi militias destroyed or blew up dozens of houses totally or partially, closing 115 schools, preventing more than 20,000 students to complete their studies, and displacing 3,000 families in Hajoor area due to shelling and besieging them