The Saudi Arabian-led coalition strike on a funeral in Yemen has killed 140 people and injured at least 525 after which the Yemen rebel government has accused Saudi Arabia of committing genocide.
The recent strike hit a gathering of mourners who have assembled to perform the last rites.According to AP reports, the funeral was being held for the father of rebel government's Interior Minister Galal al-Rawishan.
The killings are the latest of a string of bombings by the Saudi-led coalition that have hit places including hospitals, markets, schools, factories and homes in the past 18 months that has killed thousands of civilians.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia government has repeatedly denied targetting civilians. Reportedly, United States have launched a review of its backing for a Saudi-led coalition fighting the government in Yemen after an air strike on a funeral killed 140 people and wounded more than 525.
The airstrike is one of the deadliest attacks on war-torn country which going through civil war since 2014. According to witnesses hundreds of body parts were scattered across the place of bombing and rescuers were seen collecting them in sacks.
The Saudi-led coalition has been providing air support to Hadi forces in a civil war that has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than three million.
Fighting has intensified since August this year after United Nation sponsored peace talks ended without an agreement in Kuwait.Saudi Arabia's main rival Iran described the attack as "a horrific and inhuman crime", and called for the resumption of peace talks among all Yemeni stakeholders, reported Reuters.
Yemen has been engulfed by civil war since 2014, when the Houthi rebel forces overthrew the then president Addrabbuh Mansur Hadi. The Saudi-backed coalition is fighting to restore Hadi to power. The United States is also supporting the coalition with weapons, logistical support and intelligence information.
The Houthis rebel are Shia and Hadi are from Muslim Sunni sect which is the reason Houthis are backed by Iran and Sunnis by Saudi Arabia.
