
Saudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemeni detention center after airstrikes kill dozens
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The coalition led by Saudi Arabia fighting in Yemen denied that it deliberately targeted a detention center in airstrikes on Friday that killed dozens and caused a nationwide internet blackout.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control much of Yemen, blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the strike in the northern city of Sa'ada. On Saturday, a spokesman for the coalition, Brigadier Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, called those claims "baseless and unfounded," according to Saudi state news agency SPA.
At least 82 people were killed and 266 injured in the attack, the majority of whom are in critical condition, according to Houthi Health Minister Taha Al-Mitwakel. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) earlier said 70 people were killed and 130 were wounded.
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