Yemeni boy wounded in cross-border shelling

Yemeni boy wounded in cross-border shelling

October 10, 2016
Civil Defense
Civil Defense

SAMTAH, Saudi Arabia -- A "military projectile" fired from the Yemeni side of the border hit a house in Jazan province on Sunday, wounding a 14-year-old boy.

The house belonged to a Yemeni resident and the wounded boy was his son, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Yahya Bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani. It said the boy was rushed to hospital.

Al-Qahtani said the Civil Defense was notified of the incident at 9.30 a.m. Sunday. The force immediately undertook necessary procedures followed in such cases.


October 10, 2016
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