Yemen: total bodies recovered from Coalition bombing site in Dhamar

Yemen: total bodies recovered from Coalition bombing site in Dhamar

A total of 131 bodies were recovered a week ago in a coalition raid in Dhamar province south of Sanaa, a Yemeni health official said on Sunday.

On Saturday night, the Arab coalition launched shelling of the community college building, which is being taken by the Houthis detained in Dhamar, about 100 km south of Sanaa.

Yemeni Red Crescent rescue teams have since been conducting searches for bodies and wounded at the site.

"Rescue teams today ended their work" after the "last six bodies" were recovered from the site on Saturday, the official, who declined to be named, told Xinhua.

"It was confirmed today that there were no more bodies under the rubble.

The official confirmed that "the total number of bodies recovered reached 131 bodies."

A number of families have received the bodies of their relatives from Dhamar General Hospital, while a number of bodies are still in the hospital, according to the official.

He pointed to the presence of "bodies are body parts, whose identity was not known, in the refrigerator to save the dead."

He added that the total number of wounded reached 45, some of whom are still receiving treatment in the hospitals of Dhamar, the crossing and the capital Sanaa.

The International Committee of the Red Cross last Sunday put the death toll at more than 100.

The detainee held 183 people, according to a list published by the National Committee for Prisoners Affairs of the Houthis.