UN agency 'saddened' as airstrikes kill civilians

A Houthi security officer reacts at the site of an air strike launched by the Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, Yemen. Photo: Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters

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The United Nations refugee agency said it was "deeply saddened" by the targeting of civilians in recent airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition last week, which left at least six dead including four children, in Yemen's capital of Sana'a.

The UN agency issued a statement quoting its spokesman Andrej Mahecic as saying that refugees were among those injured in last Thursday's attacks, including a Somali woman and her daughter who were receiving "critical" medical treatment.