Taiz Attack Claims One Life, Injures 14 Civilians, Including Women and Children

A woman has been killed and 14 civilians, including women and children, have been injured in separate artillery shelling and sniper attacks by Houthi militias on residential areas in Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen.

Sources confirmed that the deceased, Badriya Mohammed Mahmoud Haider, 40, from Al-Dhraa area in Al-Masrakh district, succumbed to injuries sustained from shrapnel to her hip joint. The injuries among the wounded varied, resulting from sniper fire and artillery shell fragments.

Among the injured are Samira Sharaf Abdo Abdulaziz, who sustained a foot injury; Amata Al-Rahman Saeed Ali Ali, who suffered a minor sniper wound; and Katibah Ghaleb Abdullah Saeed, injured by militia snipers targeting women in the Ezlat Jarah, with the severity of her injury not specified. Fatima Ali Hammadi, 70, from Mashra'a and Hadhnan area, sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to her body, and Alia Mahmoud Saif Mohammed, 17, was hit by shrapnel in the face.

The child Arsalan Mohammed Ahmed Al-Haj was critically injured by sniper fire in the Al-Aqrosh area, sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen. In Al-Masrakh district, Ma'ali Sultan Abduljalil Hazam, 20, was injured near her left eye by shrapnel after the bombing of Al-Najeed village. Baligh Khalid Hassan Saif, 22, was wounded in his right knee by shrapnel from shelling near the Central Prison.

Further casualties include Abdulaziz Abdulghani Qasim Ismail, 45, who sustained shrapnel wounds to his thigh and right buttock in Al-Aqrosh; and Moaz Ibrahim Saeed Ghaleb Qaid, 17, who was shot in his left hand and left ear in Hasban area. Elderly woman Atika Ahmed Abdo Abduljalil, 65, was hit by shrapnel to the head in Al-Aqrosh, while Khawla Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Ahmed, 40, suffered a penetrating head wound in Al-Nidani. Mushira Mohammed Abdo Ahmed, 35, sustained multiple shrapnel wounds inside her home in Asayfirah area following a projectile strike, alongside Abeer Mohammed Ali Abdullah, 30, who was hit by shrapnel to the chest, left hand, and face from shelling in Dabah Al-Aqrosh area.

These casualties occur amidst ongoing Houthi attacks involving artillery shelling and sniper fire on residential neighborhoods and villages across several fronts in Taiz Governorate, exacerbating the risks to civilians, particularly women, children, and the elderly.