Three civilians, including a woman, were killed by Houthi rebels in the area of Qaniya in Beidha province on Sunday.

A local source told Saba that Ahmad Abdullah al-Bakhsh al-Saqri and Ali Saleh al-Saqri were killed in an indiscriminate Houthi shelling on their house with a mortar round and a woman was shot dead by a Houthi sniper in the village of al-Ahmad near Qaniya.

The rebels launched a salvo of indiscriminate bombardment on houses and other civilian properties after their defeat at the army’s hand in the area.