The coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said Sunday (October 9th) it will investigate a Saturday air raid that killed more than 140 people at a funeral, AFP reported.
After initially denying responsibility, the coalition said Sunday it was ready to launch a probe into the "regrettable and painful" strike, which the UN said also wounded more than 525 people.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon demanded a "prompt and impartial" probe.
"Those responsible for the attack must be brought to justice," he said.
The Saturday air raids hit a gathering of hundreds mourning the death of the father of Jalal al-Rowaishan, one of the Houthis' senior officials.
Saturday's strike "almost certainly kills any hope of an immediate ceasefire and it will have longer term consequences for the potential to develop any sustainable peace plan", said April Longley Alley, a Yemen specialist at the International Crisis Group.
