Sanaa funeral hall attack

Twitter

 * Yemen Post Newspaper ‏@YemenPostNews on Twitter:
 * 4:12 PM '' #Breaking Funeral MASSACRE: 40 civilians killed & injured when 4 Saudi airstrikes attacked funeral home in #Yemen capital #Sanaa.
 * 4:42 PM '' #Breaking Pics: Funeral Hall ATTACK: At least 75 civilians killed & injured when Saudi airstrikes attacked funeral hall in #Yemen capital.
 * 5:13 PM '' #Breaking BLOODIEST Attack: 300+ civilians killed & injured by 4 Saudi airstrike attacks on funeral hall in #Yemen capital #Sanaa.
 * 6:01 PM '' #Breaking Pics Rescuers ATTACKED: 320 civilians killed & injured by Saudi airstrike attack on funeral hall in #Yemen capital #Sanaa.
 * 6:52 PM '' #Breaking DEADLIEST Day: 155+ civilians killed & 320 injured by Saudi airstrikes on Funeral Hall in #Yemen capital #Sanaa.
 * 8:25 PM '' #Breaking DEATH TOLL Rises: 720 civilians killed & injured today when 4 Saudi airstrikes attacked funeral hall in #Yemen capital #Sanaa.
 * 11:07 PM '' #Breaking Day of MASSACRES: 405 civilians killed & 320 injured in #Yemen today by Saudi airstrikes & missiles attacking capital #Sanaa


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Sabanews

 * http://www.saba.ye/ar/news442904.htm
 * http://www.saba.ye/ar/news442922.htm
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 * http://www.saba.ye/ar/news442935.htm
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Video

 * Yemen: Huge blasts rock Sanaa; causing multiple casualties *GRAPHIC* - Ruptly TV
 * Yemen rebels say 'dozens' killed in Sanaa air raids - AFP

Videos of the actual attack (second strike):
 * Twitter, Facebook
 * Yemen - Saudi Bombing Civilians And Aid Workers in Hosseinieh - IR Shia (better quality, two videos combined.)
 * low-res copy on Youtube

Saudi denials

 * Yemen: Arab coalition to probe Sanaa funeral attack - Al-Jazeera, October 9, 2016
 * Airstrike kills more than 100, injures hundreds at Yemen funeral - Ali Al-Mujahed and Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, October 9, 2016
 * ''The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya satellite network, citing Saudi military sources, said the coalition did not stage the airstrike on the hall. But Saudi Arabia’s military have previously denied strikes on hospitals and other civilian areas that were later proved to have occurred.

ISIS claims responsibility

 * Nasser Atta @nasseratta5 on Twitter, October 9, 2016
 * '' #ISIS statement:"one of our hero carried out the suicide attack in #Sanaa" that killed155, Very clear it's an air strike on the funeral hall

US role?

 * British and US military 'in command room' for Saudi strikes on Yemen - The Guardian, January 15, 2016
 * ''Saudi Arabian foreign minister also reveals UK and American officials have access to lists of targets, but do not choose them
 * Neil Connery ‏@neilconneryitv on Twitter, October 9, 2016
 * ''ITV News finds a bomb fragment in #Sanaa funeral hall. Yemeni officer says it's a US made mark 82 bomb #Yemen.

Casualties?

 * Says 140 Killed, Hundreeds Wounded (Video, Photos) - SouthFront, October 9, 2016
 * ''Meanwhile, non-UN sources report that the casualties from the bombing have already grown to 450 killed. Some sources even say that the numbe is up to 700. There are no doubts that the officially confirmed number of casualties will rise

Motive: revenge?

 * Yemen's top pro-government military commander killed - BreakingNewsLive.net, October 8, 2016
 * ''Yemen's dominant Shiite Houthi rebels said Saturday that they have killed a top commander in pro-government forces in Marib province, east of the capital Sanaa, Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported.
 * ''"Major-General Abdel-Rab al-Shadadi, commander of Third Military Region in Marib, was killed late on Friday in a unique military operation after artillery unit pinpointed his location," Saba quoted a statement by Houthi military source as saying. Al-Shadadi had led forces loyal to internationally recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi against the rebel Houthis and their allied forces of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh since the civil war broke out in 2015. Hadi's government admitted the loss of al-Shadadi in a statement.
 * Airstrikes 'kill dozens' in Yemeni capital Sanaa - Houthi government official - DW, October 8, 2016
 * ''Also on Saturday, Yemen's army announced the death of its most senior commander to be killed this year. Major-General Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi was killed while leading an offensive against the Houthis east of the capital on Friday.