Published on 5 August 2013 in News
Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki
RPGs, grenades and handguns used in clashes
SANA’A, Aug. 4 — Four children were killed and four others injured Friday in what Dhamar security forces say was a dispute between two tribes in the area. The eight children belonged to the Atheen family, whose tribe has been involved in a revenge-related dispute with the Bani Siwaid tribe for many years, security forces said.
Various weapons were used during the clashes, including handguns, machine guns, RPGS, grenades and bombs. The children were killed by a bomb that exploded near them, according to sources.
Both sides used bombs during the clashes, security forces said. Investigations are underway in Dhamar, about 130 km. south of Sana’a, to determine which tribe’s bomb killed and injured the children.
The injured children are being treated at Al-Wihda Teaching Hospital.
Land disputes and revenge-killings in Dhamar have led to many civilian deaths in the area over the years.
Revenge killings in Yemen claim hundreds of lives annually. Thousands of children in Yemen’s 21 governorates no longer attend school in fear of revenge-killings, IRIN has reported.