Mass funeral held in Taiz for children killed in Islah attack

TAIZ, July 14 (YPA) – Hundreds of mourners on Monday gathered for the funerals of a number of children killed in a Islah-affiliated attack in Taiz province.

The five children, who were killed in the Islah attack last week on the Al-Arsoum area of Taiziyah district of Taiz, were buried today,in a solemn funeral procession.

During the funeral ceremonies, which was attended by the Deputy Governor of Taiz, Mansour Saddam, the mourners stressed that the blood of the children who were martyred in the Al-Arsoum area and other massacres the coalition and its tools committed was a stain of shame on the forehead of the international community and the perpetrators of these crimes.

They denounced the continued targeting of civilians and residential areas by coalition forces, demanding that the perpetrators of this crime be held accountable.

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