A child shot dead by a Houthi sniper in Hodeidah

As part of a series of Houthi militia crimes, a ten-year-old child was shot dead on Thursday, by a Houthi sniper in the city of Hodeidah (western Yemen).

A local source confirmed that a Houthi sniper shot the child, Murad Abdul Qudoos Saadan 10 years old in AlKhamseen Street, east of Hodeidah city, while he was bringing food to his family.

According to a medical source at Al-Deraihemi Hospital, the child died of his wounds after the bullet penetrated the back and exited from the front side just below the heart.

This comes less than 24 hours after a previous crime by the militia, in which a citizen called Ali Murshid, who was shot dead by a Houthi shell while on his bike on the way to Khokha road.