UN: Civilian death toll in Yemen rises above 1,600

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UN: Civilian death toll in Yemen rises above 1,600
Girls cry after some of their relatives were killed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa on July 13, 2015.

Berlin - At least 142 civilians were killed between July 3 and Monday, July 13 and another 224 were injured.

By AP

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Published: Tue 14 Jul 2015, 3:31 PM

Last updated: Wed 15 Jul 2015, 3:04 PM

The United Nations says at least 142 civilians have been killed in Yemen over the past 10 days, sending the total civilian death toll in more than three months of violence above 1,600.
Air strikes and ground fighting have continued despite a UN-brokered truce between Houthis and Yemen's internationally backed exiled government and its allies.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN human rights office, said in Geneva that at least 142 civilians were killed between July 3 and Monday, July 13 and another 224 were injured. That included a total of 76 deaths and 38 injuries in a pair of airstrikes on markets July 6.
Colville said Tuesday that the latest numbers bring the total killed since March 26 to 1,670, while 3,829 civilians have been injured.


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