Graves for the innocent: 29 children killed when their school bus was hit by an airstrike in Yemen are to be buried alongside each other
- Dozens of workers seen in devastating photos preparing small graves for the children killed in deadly attack
- Yemen reeling from yesterday’s airstrike with victims and children’s belongings scattered across the ground
- Saudi-led coalition has announced a probe into the air strike that killed and wounded scores in Yemen
Mourning Yemenis have been digging graves for the 29 children to be buried side by side after being killed by the airstrike which hit a school bus yesterday.
It comes as the Saudi-led coalition that launched the missile announced it will investigate the deadly strike to help ‘clarify their circumstances’ following the attack.
Distressing images show dozens of workers preparing rows of graves that measure just a few feet long.
Workers in Yemen have been preparing graves for the 29 children who were killed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the rebel-held part of the north yesterday
Distressing images show mourners using their hands to help dig holes in the ground measuring just a few feet in length as they clear space for the deceased youngsters
The rows of graves indicate the children killed in Thursday’s deadly airstrike will be buried side by side
Yesterday’s missile attack has prompted growing outrage from international bodies. The Saudi-led coalition who coordinated the airstrike have announced they will probe the incident
The United Nations and Washington both called for prompt investigations into the airstrike that obliterated a bus at the Dahyan market in the Huthi rebels’ stronghold province of Saada.
The UN Security Council is expected to discuss the attack today behind closed doors.
A senior Saudi-coalition official told news agencies:
‘The leadership of the coalition has ordered the immediate opening of an investigation to assess the events, clarify their circumstances and announce the results as soon as possible.’
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As authorities still try to identify victims of the attack, reports suggest the death toll could rise.
A hospital supported by Red Cross has said the it has received the bodies of 29 children while Huthi health minister Taha al-Mutawakel put the death toll at 51 people, including 40 children.
More than 60 injured are ‘children under the age of ten’.
At the site of the attack, the mangled wreckage of the bus still remains, along with a sizable crater that was formed after the airstrike.
Unicef backpacks, books and other personal items belonging to the deceased and wounded lie scattered across the ground.
A Yemeni child assesses the mangled wreckage of a bus that was destroyed at the Dahyan market in the Huthi rebels’ stronghold province of Saada
Scattered belongings of victims including Unicef backpacks and books lie across the ground at the airstrike site in Saada, part of northern Yemen
A sizable crater was created by the missile which struck a bus (behind), leading to the deaths of at least 29 children and injuring around 48 others
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