Saudi causing immense carnage in Yemen: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that there must be accountability for the "appalling conduct" of the ongoing war on Yemen after a recent Saudi airstrike left over 140 civilians martyred and prompted global condemnations.

"Aerial attacks by the Saudi-led coalition have already caused immense carnage, and destroyed much of the country's medical facilities and other vital civilian infrastructure," Ban told reporters on Monday, adding, "More broadly, there must be accountability for the appalling conduct of this entire war."

More than 140 people lost their lives and over 525 others sustained injuries on October 8 when Saudi military aircraft struck a hall in the Yemeni capital Sana’a where rows of people were attending a funeral.

Some 10,000 people have so far been martyred in the Saudi war on Yemen, according to the United Nations (UN).

The war launched in an unsuccessful attempt to restore power to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a Saudi ally who has resigned as Yemen’s president but seeks to forcefully return to power.

The war has done incredible harm both to the civilian population in the country as well as its critical infrastructure.

UN rights chief calls for an international probe into Saudi airstrike 

Meanwhile, UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein in a statement released on Monday strongly denounced the Saturday airstrike, saying that the bombing of the funeral showed that violations continued unpunished.

"Such outrageous attacks cannot be allowed to continue," the UN rights chief said.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also renewed his call for an international probe into possible war crimes committed in Yemen.

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