At least 25 killed in Saudi-led airstrikes on police HQ in Yemen's Sanaa

At least 25 were killed and many others wounded when a Saudi-led air strike targeted a police headquarters overnight in Yemen's capital Sanaa, officials and residents said on Monday.

A hospital official said 25 policemen were confirmed dead, while the others, including civilians, were receiving treatment. He expected the death toll to rise when bodies could be lifted out from under the debris.

"About 30 people, including policemen and residents who live in houses near the police facility, have been transferred to hospitals," a security official at the scene told Xinhua.

"More dozens of policemen were still under the rubble and rescue teams have been trying to save possible survivors," he said.

Journalists were not allowed to approach the targeted police facility in downtown Sanaa. But the two-floor building could be seen from nearby streets, where residents' houses were badly damaged.

Its heavy concrete roofs are seen almost settled to the ground. Security officials said more than 200 policemen were asleep in the facility's bedrooms when the attack came.

The Saudi-led coalition started in March 2015 air strikes on Houthis and their allied forces' targets in Sanaa and other cities, saying the multinational action was to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's rule and force the Houthis to retreat from cities they have seized since September 2014. Endit