SANNA:- Mourning Yemenis have been digging graves for the 29 children to be buried side by side after being killed by the airstrike which hit a school bus yesterday.

It comes as the Saudi-led coalition that launched the missileinfo-icon announced it will investigate the deadly strike to help 'clarify their circumstances' following the attack. 

Distressing images show dozens of workers preparing rows of graves that measure just a few feet long.

The United Nationsinfo-icon called for prompt investigations into the airstrike that obliterated a bus at the Dahyan marketinfo-icon in the Huthi rebels' stronghold province of Saada.

Meanwhile, The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for launching a "credible and transparent" investigation into a recent airstrike by the Saudi-led military coalition that killed dozens of schoolchildren in northern Yemeninfo-icon.

"They expressed their grave concern at these, and all other recent attacks in Yemen. They called for a credible and transparent investigation," British UN Ambassador Karen Pierce, council president for August, said after a senior UN official briefed the 15-member council on the brutal strike.

Pierce added that the council "will now consult with the UN and others as to how the investigation can best be taken forward." 

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