ADEN, Yemen: Four Yemeni children were killed and eight others wounded in a blast caused by war remnants in the country’s government-controlled south, a military official told AFP on Monday.
“The preliminary toll from the tragic incident until now is four children killed, three girls and a boy, in addition to eight other children with varying wounds, some of them critical,” said the official in Al-Dali province.
He said the victims were aged between six and 14 years old.
Incidents involving deaths due to explosive remnants of war are relatively common in Yemen, which was gripped by over a decade of war between the internationally recognized government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The Al-Dali area was the scene of fierce battles between the warring sides as rebels sought to capture Aden about 10 years ago.
The latest deaths come less than two weeks after an explosion in a munitions depot in Aden killed at least 12 people, according to two security sources.
