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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited

Yemenis queue beside a long line of vehicles to refill gas bottles
People line up to refill gas bottles at a refilling station in Taiz on Monday. Fighting is under way as Houthis try to mount a siege of the city. Photograph: Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP/Getty Images

At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a training camp for Yemeni government security forces, making it the largest single loss of life since the country’s civil war reignited in September.

The attack on al-Alam camp in the southern Shabwa province was said to have injured more than 200 others, mostly young recruits, and was described as a disaster by the country’s UN-recognised government. The injured were taken from the police and army training camp in the Jardan district to a hospital in the local capital, Ataq, where pleas for blood donations were made.

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