70 Yemenis killed in Saudi air raid

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SANAA, Dec 14 (AFP): At least 70 people were killed in a Saudi air raid on a Yemeni village near the border with Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Yemen's Huthi rebels alleged, declaring the incident a "massacre."
A spokesman for Yemen's army, Askar Zuail, confirmed air raids in the region but said they were carried out by Yemeni planes and targeted rebel positions and not civilians.
An Internet rebel statement said the attack was carried out Sunday morning against the village of Bani Maan in Razeh region of northern Sadaa province, the mountainous stronghold of the rebels. "Saudi aircraft committed a massacre ... against the innocent residents of Bani Maan," the rebel statement said.
According to a preliminary count, it added, the raid killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100.