.- The United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) reported today that Yemen has the largest confirmed number of children killed or injured in the countries where citizens have been uprisings against authoritarian regimes. Between 18 February and 28 March, at least 26 children were killed, mainly by shooting and other types of ammunition, detailed the agency spokesman, Marixie market.
Also, "36 children were wounded by live ammunition, 47 suffered physical violence during the protests, including some beaten with sticks or stones, and 663 were exposed to tear gas," he said. Mercado said that if you count the children who perished in the explosion of an arms factory that was occupied by an armed group in the town of Yaar, the end of March, the number of children killed is 41.
Yemen is considered the least developed country in the Middle East and Unicef believes that civil protests that have tried to be drowned out by the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh to the repression only inflict more suffering to children. "We reiterate our call on all parties to keep children out of danger and to protect them at all costs," said Mercado. 
Also, "36 children were wounded by live ammunition, 47 suffered physical violence during the protests, including some beaten with sticks or stones, and 663 were exposed to tear gas," he said. Mercado said that if you count the children who perished in the explosion of an arms factory that was occupied by an armed group in the town of Yaar, the end of March, the number of children killed is 41.
Yemen is considered the least developed country in the Middle East and Unicef believes that civil protests that have tried to be drowned out by the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh to the repression only inflict more suffering to children. "We reiterate our call on all parties to keep children out of danger and to protect them at all costs," said Mercado.
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