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Saudi-led coalition plane hits Yemeni funeral
The Saudi government said Sunday it would investigate reports that an airstrike hit a packed funeral hall in Yemen’s capital, killing more than 140 people and injuring hundreds
Saudi Arabia has agreed to a British request to participate in the investigation into the attack, which included a second air strike that hit rescuers
Saudi Arabia has privately accepted that one of its coalition planes bombed a funeral in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday. At least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians and more than 500 others were injured.
Saudi Arabia has agreed to a British request to participate in the investigation into the attack, which included a second air strike that hit rescuers.
Saturday's air strike ripped through a wake attended by some of the country's top political and security officials, outraging Yemeni society.
Two days later, Yemen's Houthi movement launched a ballistic missile deep into Saudi Arabia, according to Reuters, and may have also fired on a US warship.
On Monday, a Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen said it had intercepted a missile fired by the Houthis at a military base in Taif in central Saudi Arabia, striking deeper then ever before in the latest in a series of more than a dozen missile attacks.
Saudi sources said the investigations would include an examination of data recordings, witness statements and available military intelligence.
What is reportedly not yet clear is whether the pilot took it on himself to release his bombs or whether he was ordered to do so by someone higher up the command chain.
One Saudi official said there would be no public statement until the investigation was complete, a process which could take days, weeks or even months.
