Bomb that killed 40 kids in Yemen made in US

The bomb that killed 40 children and 11 others in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in northern Yemen was sold by the U.S. under a State Department deal with Riyadh, CNN has reported. The numbers on shrapnel, of which images were taken shortly after the attack this month, indicate that it was a laser-guided Mk 82 bomb manufactured by defence contractor Lockheed Martin, CNN said on Friday, citing munitions experts. President Donald Trump overturned a U.S. ban on the sale of precision-guided weaponry to Riyadh after taking office in 2017. Fifty-six children were also among the 79 people wounded in the August 9 strike on Saada province, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Source: The Hindu