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| Attack on migrant boat off Yemen coast 'kills 31' | |
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| A number of Somali refugees were killed when their boat was hit in an air strike off the coast of Yemen, the UN says. | |
| At least 31 people died in the incident, news agencies reported, quoting officials in Hudaydah port. | |
| Women and children were among those killed when the vessel was attacked near the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the port officials said. | |
| Images from the scene showed a boat strewn with bodies. | |
| The refugees were on their way from Yemen to Sudan when they were attacked by an Apache helicopter near the strait, coastguard Mohamed al-Alay told Reuters. | |
| It was not clear who carried out the attack. The port is controlled by Houthi rebels who are fighting a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's two-year war. |