Taiz: 20 female prisoners were killed and wounded by a Houthi Katyusha missile
English - Sunday 05 April 2020 الساعة 05:44 pm
Taiz, Newsyemen:
Twenty women were killed and wounded as a result of a missile attack by the Houthi militia, Iran's arm in Yemen, on Sunday afternoon, targeting the central prison west of the city of Taiz, in the center of the country.
Local sources said that the Houthi militia targeted the Katyusha missile, the central prison located at the beginning of the Al-Dhabab Zone line, west of Taiz.
According to the sources, the Houthi missile landed in the women's section of the prison, and its explosion resulted in the death and injury of twenty prisoners, according to a preliminary count.
Houthi militia intensified its mortar shelling during the past hours on residential neighborhoods and public and private facilities north and west of Taiz.
