06 December 2016

News Story: Report says airstrikes kill 6 Pakistani sailors off Yemen's Red Sea coast

SANAA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least six Pakistani sailors were killed when Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted their boat off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Yemen's Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported on Monday.

The airstrikes hit the boat off Mokha coast of Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz on Sunday, the report said.

According to the report, the boat was carrying 12 Pakistani sailors, six were killed and the rest were still missing.

The report did not provided further details.

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