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Missile explosion leads to deadly stampede in Yemeni school
10:00 April 08, 2019 Reuters
A missile explosion nearby a school in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa on Sunday has claimed several lives, with many students also killed or left seriously injured after a serious stampede was triggered in the panic which followed the blast. The airstrike killed 13 civilians and wounded 87 others, most of whom were students at a girls' middle school in the Sawan District, according to local health authorities. The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on the outskirts of Sanaa and fired three missiles at a residential area believed to contain a Houthi militias' stronghold on Sunday noon.