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King Salman Orders Treatment of Yemen’s Oct.8 Victims - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive
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The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has officially ordered that victims of the Oct.8 blast which injured attendants at a Yemeni funeral, and who are in critical condition, be transferred outside the country for treatment.

King Salman instructed relief and humanitarian aid officials to coordinate with the Saudi-led Arab coalition forces in Yemen and the legitimate Yemeni government “to facilitate the evacuation of those wounded… and needing treatment abroad,” the official Saudi Press Agency reported.