Int'l medical aid group MSF suspends activity in Yemen's Mocha after attack

Source: Xinhua| 2019-11-07 19:29:37|Editor: Shi Yinglun
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SANAA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) suspended its activities in Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday after its clinic was attacked.

"A hospital run by MSF was damaged after an attack on nearby buildings in Mocha," the group said in a statement on Twitter.

"No staff or patients were injured in the attack, but medical activities are currently suspended," it said.

No group has claimed responsibility on the attack.

Pro-government forces in Mocha, also known as al-Mokha, said they had been attacked earlier on the day, accusing Houthis of firing ballistic missiles on their camps and killing six soldiers.

Houthis did not comment on the attack.

Yemen has been plagued in a civil war for more than four years which has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced three million and pushed the country to the brink of famine.

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