540 killed in Yemen; relief agencies warn of dire situation

Over 540 people have been killed and 1,700 injured in the fierce fighting inYemen in the past few weeks with relief agencies on Tuesday warning of a dire situation due to dwindling supplies in the strife-torn Arabian Peninsula state. "More than 540 people have been killed and 1,700 injured in the violence in Yemen between March 19 and April 6," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said as humanitarian and political crisis deepened in Yemen due to fighting between rebels and loyalists of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. UNICEF, meanwhile, said at least 74 children have been confirmed killed and 44 maimed since March 26, but added that it believed the toll to be far higher. "And this is a conservative estimate and we expect death toll of children to be much higher.