The Yemeni authorities announced - Sunday evening - the death toll from a Houthi missile attack on a party in the northwestern province of Hajjah has risen to 12 dead and 22 wounded, while the Houthis announced that coalition warplanes launched 30 raids on Marib province.
A statement issued by the local authority in Hajjah governorate denounced what it described as "the heinous crime of the terrorist Houthi militia, which targeted a party held in the Midi district of Hajjah governorate, while lighting the torch of the September 26 revolution, which led to the death of 12 civilians and 22 wounded, most of them civilians." .
The statement called on the international community and local, regional and international human rights institutions to condemn what it described as a "criminal terrorist act", and demanded that practical and procedural steps be taken to classify the Houthis on the list of terrorist organizations.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis on this statement, or on the incident.
Earlier on Sunday, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Muammar Al-Eryani, announced that 5 civilians were killed and 17 others wounded, including 3 journalists, in the Houthi bombing of Hajjah.
Raids and destruction of the march
On the other hand, media affiliated with the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) announced that coalition warplanes launched 30 raids on sites in Marib Governorate.
On the other hand, the coalition announced the interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone in Yemeni airspace, launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia.
Protest in Socotra
Also in the Yemeni context, the Southern Transitional Council - backed by the UAE - issued a decision banning demonstrations and vigils in the Yemeni province of Socotra archipelago, vowing to take strict measures against violators.
A number of residents of the province went out in a demonstration organized on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the Yemeni revolution, and chanted slogans condemning the Southern Transitional Council.
The demonstrators also accused the council of looting taxes and revenues from border posts, and denounced what they called the state of lawlessness in the governorate. They also demanded the departure of the council's forces, and the return of the Yemeni government and its representatives, led by Governor Ramzi Mahrous, who left Socotra after the transitional council forces took control of it.