Child casualties highlight brutal cost of Yemen conflict as civilian deaths mount | Global development | The Guardian
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More than 550 civilians, including at least 115 children, have been killed in the street fighting and air strikes that have claimed more than 1,000 lives in Yemen since 26 March, according to the UN.
The UN children’s agency, Unicef, said at least 64 children had been killed by air strikes, 26 by unexploded ordnance and mines, 19 by gunshots, three by shelling and three by “unverified causes related to the conflict”. The violence has maimed a further 172 children, and injured a total of 1,185 civilians.
“There are hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen who continue to live in the most dangerous circumstances, many waking up scared in the middle of the night to the sounds of bombing and gunfire,” said Julien Harneis, Unicef representative to Yemen.
“The number of child casualties shows clearly how devastating this conflict continues to be for the country’s children. Without a speedy end to the violence, children will be unable to lead normal lives.”