Poisonous gases kill five civilians in al-Hodaidah
English - Thursday 22 November 2018 الساعة 06:48 pmIn a dangerous move that threatens a real disaster, deaths and bottlenecks among local residents in al-Hodaidah city, it has been reported by toxic gases after a rocket fired by Houthi militias.
Five people were killed and dozens of animals died in the early hours of Thursday in al-Mahd village northeast of Bait al-Faqih district in al-Hodaidah province.
Local residents in the village said to #Newsyemen that they had heard a rocket fell near the house of Hussein Saleh Mugatraf, east of the village, but they did not see the explosions.
Sources said to #Newsyemen that the Houthi militias launched arrests campaign as they arrested 18 people of the rescuers who rushed the victims to the district and some paramedics' relatives.
The Houthi Militias had confiscated touch-screen telephones for all the people in the village because of fearing that the victims' images would leak to publics.