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The Funeral Bombing

On 8th October in Yemen's capital Sanaa, Saudi-led coalition jets bombed a funeral in a community building. Nawal al-Maghafi travelled to Yemen to investigate what happened.

On 8th October in Yemen's capital Sanaa, Saudi-led coalition jets bombed a funeral in a community building. 140 people were killed and more than five hundred injured. It was the deadliest attack in the 21 month air campaign which is aimed at re-instating Yemen's government from the Houthi rebels. The coalition's investigation team said "incorrect information" led to aircraft wrongly targeting the location. Nawal al-Maghafi travelled to Yemen to investigate what happened.

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Fri 6 Jan 2017 00:30GMT
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