WHO chief Tedros narrowly escapes aerial bombardment at Sanaa airport seconds earlier than boarding flight

World Well being Group (WHO) Director-Basic Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus narrowly escaped an aerial bombardment at Sanaa Worldwide Airport in Yemen on Thursday, which resulted within the deaths of not less than two folks. Tedros, alongside along with his United Nations (UN) and WHO colleagues, was about to board a flight when the assault occurred, injuring one of many aircraft’s crew members.

In a put up on X, the WHO chief Ghebreyesus mentioned, “Our mission to barter the discharge of @UN employees detainees and to evaluate the well being and humanitarian state of affairs in #Yemen concluded at present. We proceed to name for the detainees’ rapid launch. As we have been about to board our flight from Sana’a, about two hours in the past, the airport got here underneath aerial bombardment. One in all our aircraft’s crew members was injured. No less than two folks have been reported killed on the airport. The air visitors management tower, the departure lounge — just some meters from the place we have been — and the runway have been broken. We might want to look forward to the harm to the airport to be repaired earlier than we are able to depart. My UN and @WHO colleagues and I are secure. Our heartfelt condolences to the households whose family members misplaced their lives within the assault.” 

The UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres condemned the assault and referred to as for the respect of worldwide legislation, emphasizing that civilians and humanitarian employees mustn’t ever be focused.

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