At least 26 killed in Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen

At least 26 people have been killed and 15 others wounded in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a police building in Yemen's capital Sana'a, security officials said.

The officials, who are loyal to anti-government Shia rebels known as Houthis, said another 30 people are believed to be trapped under the debris of the badly damaged building. Security forces swiftly sealed off the area as earth-moving equipment arrived to help with the search for bodies and survivors.

The officials initially announced 20 were killed, but later said six bodies were unearthed. Police vehicles parked in the facility’s courtyard were destroyed and nearby homes were damaged, they said. The dead and wounded were reported to be policemen and Houthi rebels.

The airstrike happened shortly before midnight on Sunday, say the officials. The Saudi-led coalition began airstrikes against the Houthis and their allies in March 2015, siding with the internationally recognised government.

Meanwhile, the Integrated Regional Information Networks, a Nairobi-based humanitarian news agency, has announced the killing of one of its contributors in Yemen, Almigdad Mohammed Ali Mojalli (35), outside Sana'a on Sunday.– (PA)