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Saudi led coalition committed war crimes in Yemen says Amnesty

Amnesty international accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of committing war crimes during its airstrikes to combat Houthi militants in Yemen.

After analysing 13 airstrikes carried out between May and July, Amnesty international, said at least 100 civilians and 59 children had been killed, with evidence of cluster munitions banned under international treaties.

Amnesty’s Rasha Mohamed in a statement released on Monday said,

“in one direct airstrike we looked into, and visited the site in July, there was a cluster of nine houses and there were four consecutive airstrikes that were carried out over two hours. Fifty five people were killed, 35 of which were children under the age of 11.”

Mr Mohamed added calls for arms trade suspension with Saudi Arabia and for the international community to investigate war crimes.

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