(AFP) -- The Saba news agency accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out the raid in the Sahar district. It reported a toll of 21 killed and nine wounded, all of them civilians.

The official was unable to tell AFP whether those killed and wounded were all civilians.

According to the official and Saba, the raid hit a crowded marketplace in Sahar, a district dominated by the Ansarullah.

Saba published photos showing charred bodies and bloody, disfigured faces, the purported victims of Wednesday's strike.

According to the United Nations, the conflict in Yemen has left seven million people at risk of famine and an estimated 17 million -- 60 percent of the overall population -- food insecure.

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