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Saudi-Led Coalition Says Bombing of School Bus, Killing 40 Children, Was “Unjustified”

HeadlineSep 04, 2018

In Yemen, the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition has admitted its airstrike on a school bus that killed 51 people, including 40 children, was “unjustified.” The bomb that killed the schoolchildren on August 9 in Yemen’s northern city of Saada was made by U.S. weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin and sold by the United States to Saudi Arabia.

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