'Another crime' say survivors of coalition strikes on Yemeni detention centre


People injured by air strikes on a detention center lie on hospital beds in Saada, Yemen, January 22, 2022. REUTERS/Naif Rahma

SAADA, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni detainee Mohammed Ali Salem was lucky that a missile fired by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition on the next ward caused a wave strong enough to shatter the door of his own cell.

That was how he was able to escape before a second bomb fell.

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