Houthi militia mines in Hodeidah keeps killing civilians

English - Sunday 18 October 2020 الساعة 11:47 am
Al-Hodeidah, NewsYemen:

The mine explosions left by the Houthi militia in Hodeidah do not end, as they keep hunting civilian lives.

Omar Muhammad Ali (17 years), and Abdulmajeed Abdullah (15 years) are from one family who live in the village of Al-Hawit, affiliated to Mushaj village, in Al-Khokha district, south of Hodeidah.

On the way to the village market, and they are with two others, to sell the okra crop and help their family with low income, and they would take turns carrying the basket all the way until they reached the market.

The two young men bought the crop and went home, but a mine planted by Houthi blocked their way with their two comrades and turned the bodies to pieces.

Jumah Saleh, Umm Omar, crying, says that the sound of the loud explosion was heard as if it had exploded inside one of the rooms of the house, so she ran to look at the victim and found her son.

Umm Abdulmajeed, Jamila Masatour, says that the Houthi criminals planted the land in front of our children with mines. 

This death turned the body of my son, his cousin and his friends into pieces that were collected from the ground in a bag.

Omar and Abdulmajeed are among the thousands of victims who were suddenly killed by Houthi mines in villages located on the largest minefield, according to international and local reports.