TAIZ: Yemen’s minister of information has condemned the Houthi’s use of snipers for targeting citizens in shootings that killed a child hours after the UN-brokered truce was extended for the third time.
In a series of tweets, Muammar Al-Eryani accused the Iran-backed militia of deliberately targeting citizens after snipers fatally shot a child and a citizen living across different areas in Taiz.
1-ندين ونستنكر باشد العبارات تصعيد مليشيا الحوثي الإرهابية التابعة لايران عمليات استهداف المدنيين بنيران قناصتها، والذي أدى لمقتل الطفل أمير ماجد محمد الحاج في سائلة موقعة بين مديريتي سامع والصلو، بعد ساعات من مقتل عبدالله حسن سيف أثناء عودته إلى منزله في حى كلابه بمدينة تعز
— معمر الإرياني (@ERYANIM) August 4, 2022
“The Houthi’s escalation of crimes and deliberate killing of children in besieged Taiz hours after the extension of the UN-brokered truce reflect the militia’s malice against the province, disdain for the lives of Yemenis, and indifference to the international community’s efforts to calm the situation,” said Al-Eryani.
The minister urged the international community to explicitly condemn the militia’s “heinous crimes” and prosecute those responsible in the International Criminal Court.
Earlier, Yemeni News Agency (SABA) reported 306 Houthi violations within 72 hours of the truce extension, which killed four soldiers and injured 16 others across Yemen.
The violations ranged from targeting army and resistance positions using artillery, snipers, and booby-trapped drones, to constructing military sites, digging trenches, and deploying artillery and drones on various fronts.
