The number of victims of the crime by the Saudi-led coalition on wedding ceremony in Bani Qais district of northern Hajjah increased to 33 dead and 55 wounded, including women and children.
Yemen on Monday strongly condemned the horrific crime committed by Saudi-led coalition which targeted a wedding party in Beni Qais district of Hajjah province, the Ministry of Human Rights said in a statement obtained by YemenExtra.
The Ministry of Public Health and Population also condemned the continuation of the Saudi-led coalition in committing crimes and killing civilians in social events, the latest of which is the crime of targeting the Bani Qais wedding in Hajjah province, the spokesman of the ministry, Abdul Hakim al-Kahlani said , adding“The silence of the United Nations encouraged the coalition to continue its massacres and targeting of social events and weddings, which left dozens of dead and wounded, especially women and children,” .
For its part ,The Yemeni Center for Human Rights on Monday condemned the massacre in a statement.The statement said that this crime is not the first of coalition, which continues to target social events under international silence shameful and suspicious
Furthermore, an official source in Yemen’s government on Monday condemned yesterday the massacre ,calling on the United Nations and the various international institutions to taking on their responsibilities and standing firmly against these crimes, which are a disgrace to humanity.
The Saudi-led coalition launched on Sunday evening two raids targeting a wedding in the house of Ja’far Musabi in the Raqqa village of Bani Qais.
Wedding parties in Yemen are often full with citizens, including children.
