A girl was killed and three civilians were wounded Wednesday by sniper fire and bombardment of the Houthis-Saleh militants in Wadi al-Maqatra and Karesh areas in Lahj province in southern Yemen.

A 13-year-old girl, Huda Najib Ibrahim, was killed in the al-Jadida area in Wadi al-Maqatra after being targeted by a Houthi sniper in the Al-Haqom mountains of Heifan district south of Taiz, a field source told Almasdaronline.

Three civilians were also wounded by artillery shelling of the Houthis-Saleh forces on the villages of Karesh area, north of Lahj province, according to a local source.

The source said that the Houthi-Saleh militants in al Sharijah and al Hwaimi areas bombed the villages of Karesh, wounding three civilians, one of them was in a serious condition.