11 civilians killed in rebel bombing of Yemen’s Taez

At least 11 civilians have been killed in “indiscriminate bombing” by rebels of Yemen’s third city Taez, as clashes with pro-government forces intensified, a military official said on Thursday.

The city in central Yemen has seen heavy fighting as forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi clash with Shiite Huthi rebels.

The Huthis, and their allies among renegade troops loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, control the outskirts of the city, which remains in loyalist hands. “Indiscriminate bombing by Huthis and Saleh forces targeted residential areas” in the centre of Taez late on Wednesday, a military official said. As well as the 11 dead, at least 22 people were also wounded, the official said.