Yemeni athletes and the local authority of Taiz called on Sunday for the designation of Houthis as a terrorist organization after a militia rocket attack killed a football coach and his 10-year-old son.
Former professional player Nasser Al-Raimy, 53, was holding a training session on Saturday morning when a barrage of rockets hit the Al-Ahly stadium in Taiz, killing him along his son, Imran.
The government blamed the Houthi militia for the attack, which also injured two other children who were taking part in the training.
During the protest, the governor of Taiz, Dr. Abdul Qawi Al-Mikhlafi, condemned the attack and added that the “heinous terrorist crime is an extension of the approach of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in bombing and killing civilians in cold blood, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, a war crime and crimes against humanity.”
Protesters called on the international community, the United Nations and human rights organizations to condemn this crime and to work to classify the Houthi militia as a “terrorist group” and impose sanctions on its leaders.
