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Yemeni child killed by gunfire celebrating football win

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A child was killed and dozens of people injured by celebratory gunfire in Yemen’s capital after a youth team defeated Saudi Arabia in a football tournament, an official said Tuesday. Supporters across the war-torn country, including in rebel- and government-held areas, took to the streets on Monday night after Yemen’s under-15 side secured the West Asian Football championship with victory in the Saudi city of Dammam. In Sanaa, which is under the control of the Houthi rebels, heavy celebratory gunfire killed one child, a medic at hospital told AFP. “A four-year-old girl was killed and 36 people…

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