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Red Cross: Saudi led coalition air strike killed 40 children

Mass funeral of 40 children who were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in northern Yemen last week. [AFP/STRINGER]

Red cross says, 40 children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi led coalition on bua in a rebel held in nothern Yemen, this is after thousands protested at a mass funeral.

56 children were also among the 79 people wounded in the Thursday strike on Saada province, a rebel stronghold that borders Saudi Arabia, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a new toll.

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