Aid group says four killed

Doctors Without Borders reports that a projectile from an unknown source hit a hospital in Yemen.

SANA, Yemen— The aid group Doctors Without Borders said a projectile froman unknown source hit a hospital it supports in Yemen’s northern Saada province, killing four people and injuring10.

Thegroup, also known by its French initials MSF, said in a statement that the attack on Sunday in the Razeh district led to “the collapse of several buildings of the medical facility.”

Of those injured at the Shiara Hospital, three are Doctors Without Borders staffers, and two are in critical condition, it said. All staff and patients have been moved to another hospital also supported by the organization.

“The numbers of casualties could rise as there could still be people trapped in the rubble,” the group said.

“All warring parties are regularly informed of the GPS coordinates of the medical sites where MSF works,” said Raquel Ayora, the group’s director of operations. “There is no way that anyone with the capacity to carry out an airstrike or launch a rocket would not have known that the Shiara Hospital” was a medical facility supported by Doctors Without Borders.

The organization operates in eight Yemeni provinces at a time when many foreign aid groups and even United Nations personnel have been evacuated. It has been working at the impacted hospital since November. The group said this was the third “severe incident” in a health facility it supports in Yemen.

Shiite Muslim rebels known as Houthis took over the capital, Sana, in September 2014; in March, a Saudiled coalition began airstrikes against Houthi and allied forces’ positions.

Saada, a Houthi stronghold, has faced a particularly intense bombardment.