fire at a Houthi-run detention centre in Sanaa have spoken to
The National about events which led to the tragedy.
A number of survivors fled to Aden after
the March 8 inferno that
may have killed at least 45 people and injured more than 170.
Survivors claim that Iran-backed Houthi militias rounded up hundreds of
migrants, predominantly from Ethiopia s Oromo ethnic group.
They were forced to either pay the Houthis or join them in their
fight against the government. They forcibly detained me while I was working in a restaurant in Sanaa city last week, said Radhwan
Oromo, a young Ethiopian migrant.
He was among the