Baku-APA. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeted a building used by police in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 26 people and wounding about 15, security officials said on Monday, APA reports quoting Associated Press.
Security forces swiftly sealed off the area as earth-moving equipment arrived to help with the search for bodies and survivors under the debris.
The security officials, who are loyal to anti-government Shiite rebels known as the Houthis, said some 30 people were believed still trapped under the debris of the badly damaged building in central Sanaa.
The officials had initially announced that 20 people were killed, but later said that six more bodies were unearthed from under the debris. The strike also destroyed police vehicles parked in the facility's courtyard while nearby homes suffered some damage, they said.
The dead and wounded were policemen and Houthi rebels, they said. The targeted building was partially used as a gathering point for security forces and on occasion used by the Houthis as an assembly point for forces headed to deployment elsewhere in Yemen.
The airstrike happened shortly before midnight on Sunday, according to the officials, who had no further details. Reporters were barred from approaching the facility. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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