Dozens of Somali refugees including women and children have been shot dead aboard a boat on the Red Sea, Yemeni officials and the International Organization for Migration said Friday.
The bodies of 33 refugees were taken to hospitals in Yemen’s rebel-held port of Hodeida, a health official in the city said, adding that 35 wounded had also been admitted.
The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear, but a port official in Hodeida, held by Shiite Huthi rebels, said the craft had docked and the dead and injured had been hit with light weapons fire, likely ruling out an attack from the air.
The IOM said that 80 survivors were rescued and taken to hospital including 24 in “extremely critical” condition.
“Our confirmation is that there are dozens of deaths,” said spokesman…
