Citizen killed, another injured in armed attack in Dhalea

A citizen was killed and another was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at them in Dhalea province on Tuesday.

Local sources said that unknown gunmen shot at Aqil Saleh al-Mukar, a son of a member in Islah Party’s Shura Council, while was returning from his work in the post office in Dhalea city on a motorbike in Aqabat al-Arashi area.

Al-Mukar was wounded, while the motorbike driver, Ali Saleh Shaif, was killed in the attack, the sources added.

The city of Dhalea and the occupied southern provinces have been witnessing security chaos, amid widespread of assassination crimes in those provinces since the second half of 2015.

YPA