Eyewitnesses say Saudi Arabia-led coalition warplanes have struck near a mourning ceremony in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, killing and injuring dozens.

People search for victims inside a funeral hall after it was targeted by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Oct. 8, 2016. The Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on a funeral hall in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday have killed 82 and injured 534, acting health minister Ghazi Ismail told reporters in a press conference on Saturday night. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

The mourning ceremony was being held for the father of rebel Houthi loyalist Jalal al-Ruwaishan, the acting interior minister, at a hall in the southern part of Sanaa. Two airstrikes bombed the vicinity of the hall, and people fled outside.

Eyewitnesses said a third airstrike hit the hall directly afterwards, when hundreds of people were still crowded inside to offer condolences. Some witnesses said senior Houthi officials and their ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, were in the hall.