17 Die in Rocket Attacks on Yemeni City of Aden
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ADEN, Yemen — Northern Yemeni troops blasted the besieged southern city of Aden with rockets Sunday killing 17 people, including nine who were digging wells in a desperate search for scarce water.
Four rockets fell near a building belonging to the United Nations in the central Khormaksar area of Aden, killing nine people who were digging wells nearby, witnesses and hospital sources said.
Eight civilians, including four children, were killed by another rocket that hit a building in the same area, they said.
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