According to the ICRC, the
Saudi-led coalition aircraft carried out an airstrike on a multistory building that served as a detention facility by the Houthis. Of the 170 persons detained at the building, 40 were treated by injuries and the rest were presumed killed. Saudi-led coalition spokesman
Turki Al-Maliki denied targeting civilians and said the airstrike was aimed at a legitimate military target. A former detainee told the
Associated Press that the Houthis were repairing weapons in and close to the detention center. Several other detainees said via
social media that the center had been the target of airstrikes before. It was consistent with the Houthi practice of using
human shields near detention facilities. Local residents said some of those detained were arrested for being critical of the Houthis. ==Aftermath==