[Houthi Shelling Kills Child, Injures 8 Civilians in Yemen's Taiz

Houthi Shelling Kills Child, Injures 8 Civilians in Yemen's Taiz

TAIZ — A four-year-old girl was killed and eight other civilians were injured after artillery shelling by the Houthi group struck a village in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz, according to local sources.

Sources told Yemen that four-year-old Maya Mahmoud Maher Mahmoud Hazaa died after sustaining shrapnel wounds to the head and leg when a Houthi shell hit the home of Abdulkarim Saif Abduh in Kahlan village.

The sources said the attack also wounded the entire six-member family living in the house, including women and children, after the projectile landed on the residence.

In a separate incident in the same village, Zahra Ali Abduh Saif, 60, was injured by shrapnel when another shell struck the home of Qaed Ahmed Ibrahim, according to the sources.

Meanwhile, Amer Abdullah Saeed Al-Kahlani, 45, was reportedly wounded by sniper fire during the escalation.