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3 killed in missile strike on MSF clinic in Yemen: Spokeswoman

Published: 10 Jan 2016 - 02:35 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 09:40 pm
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Two MSF doctors talk near the entrance of Al Salam hospital in Yemen. Photo Credit: MSF

 

Dubai: A missile hit a health centre operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in northern Yemen on Sunday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, the aid agency's spokeswoman said.

The missile struck the medical facility in the Razeh district of Saada province, according to communications officer Malak Shaher.

She said MSF could not specify whether the centre was hit in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition, or by a rocket fired from the ground.

Saada is the heartland of the Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels that the coalition has been bombing since March in support of Yemen's beleaguered government.

MSF last month accused the coalition of bombing its clinic in Taez, southwest Yemen, where nine people were wounded including two agency staff.

The coalition said at the time that it would investigate MSF's claim.

AFP