Red Cross aid convoy attacked in north Yemen

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GENEVA (AFP) — The International Red Cross revealed Thursday that one of its humanitarian aid convoys came under attack from heavy gunfire in the north of the country, injuring two Yemeni Red Crescent volunteers.

The 15-truck convoy, organised jointly by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Yemeni Red Crescent Society, was carrying emergency supplies to 560 displaced families on Wednesday when it was attacked, the ICRC said in a statement .

One ICRC staff member and 40 Red Crescent volunteers were in the convoy. The two injured volunteers were taken for treatment in the town of Sadaa, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of al Saifi where the attack took place.

"This attack jeopardizes vital humanitarian work," the ICRC said.

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