MSF: Saudi Arabia and its allies have “no way to deny” carrying out a deadly airstrike on a prison in Saada

SANAA, Jan. 25 (YPA) – Humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has confirmed that Saudi Arabia and its allies have “no way to deny” carrying out a deadly airstrike on a prison that martyred more than 80 people and injured hundreds of others in Yemen’s northern province of Saada.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Saturday denied reports of the raid, saying it was “untrue allegations” about the strike.

“There is no way to deny that this was an air strike,” the SMF said in a statement Saturday night, quoting one of its staff in Saada.

Ahmed Mahat, the MSF’s head of mission in Yemen, said that the Saudis and their allies “have a long history of targeting civilian targets across Yemen.”

“This is the latest in a long line of unjustifiable airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on places like schools, hospitals, markets, wedding parties and prisons,” Mahat explained .

He further added: “Since the beginning of the war, we have frequently witnessed the terrible effects of indiscriminate coalition bombing on Yemen, including when our own hospitals have been attacked.”

The death toll of coalition airstrikes on the prison in Saada has risen to 91 dead and hundreds of injured .

E.M