Child casualties highlight brutal cost of Yemen conflict as civilian deaths mount

UN children’s agency warns of civil war’s devastating toll after 550 civilians die – 115 of them children – in major escalation of violence over past month

More than 550 civilians, including at least 115 children, have been killed in the street fighting and air strikes that have claimed more than 1,000 lives in Yemen since 26 March, according to the UN.

The UN children’s agency, Unicef, said at least 64 children had been killed by air strikes, 26 by unexploded ordnance and mines, 19 by gunshots, three by shelling and three by “unverified causes related to the conflict”. The violence has maimed a further 172 children, and injured a total of 1,185 civilians.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1EnTMyY