‘Why my child?’: Yemen’s Taiz mourns sniper’s killing of teen

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Ibrahim, age 14, was shot by a sniper in Taiz, Yemen on Sunday while walking to school with siblings. His mother, Umm Ibrahim, grieves the loss of her eldest son. The Houthi rebels, who have besieged Taiz for 11 years, are blamed by locals. A 2025 UN report found 66 percent of Yemen's sniper killings occur in Taiz, totaling 21 deaths including nine children.

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