Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 50 security recruits, local authorities say

Monday's attack in Shabwa is one of the deadliest reported since the start of the escalation.Shabwa province's media office said in a statement that ballistic missiles struck the Martyr Ahmed al-Sulaimani Training Centre, where recruits from several provinces were undergoing training to be members of the internal security forces. According to a preliminary assessment, 53 were killed and more than 200 injured, it added.A video posted on social media appeared to show several bodies scattered across the ground.Shabwa's deputy governor, Fahad al-Khalifi, told AFP news agency that hospitals in the province were overwhelmed and had been forced to transfer the most seriously wounded to neighbouring Hadramout and Aden, where the government is based. Some of them were in a critical condition, he said.Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said the attack constituted a war crime because the internal security forces training centre was not a military target.He also accused the Houthis of "attempting to fabricate a false media victory, boost the morale of its collapsing elements, and cover up the defeats and setbacks it is suffering across various combat axes".The Houthis' military spokesman, ...