Marib (Debriefer) Toll of the Houthi missile attack on religious center in the Yemeni northeastern governorate of Marib increased to 39 deaths, beside tens of injures, most of them are women and children, rights sources said Monday.
Late on Sunday, the Iranian-backed Houthi group fired two ballistic missiles at the Dar al-Hadith center, run by the Salafist Sheikh Yahiya al-Hajouri, in Jowba district in Marib.
Early on Monday, Marib local authorities said the attack left 29 civilians killed and tens others injured.
In separate statements, a number of rights groups strongly condemned the deadly attack on a mosque, noting that "such attacks can never be justified."
"We feel terrified" that tens of civilians (mostly students) were reportedly killed in one attack on Marib, Save the Children said, dubbing the Houthi offensive as "unjustified".
All precautions need to be taken to protect children and the families, international laws should be respected and religious sites and civilian infrastructure should be spared damage, the charity added.
Every day the Houthi group seems more brutal, as most of its victims are civilians, chairman of the US institute for justice, Abdul Rahman Barman, tweeted.
This attack comes few days after the same group bombed the house of Sheikh Abdul Latif Nomran in the same village, leaving 13 civilians killed.
