SANA’A: A car bombing yesterday killed a leading member of Yemen’s powerful Sunni Al Islah party whose supporters have been battling Shia militias, a security official said.
Al Islah assistant secretary general Sadeq Mansur died “immediately” when a device inside the door of his car exploded in the country’s third city Taez southwest of Sana’a, the official said. Police are trying to identify the attackers, the official added.
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Al Islah have been resisting an advance by Shia Houthi militiamen who easily overran the capital Sana’a on September 21 and who have since been expanding farther south.
Early this month, the Houthis attacked Al Islah headquarters in the southwestern city of Ibb, killing three people.
Dozens of people have also been killed in fighting between armed Shias and Sunnis in central Yemen.
The Shia militias did not enter mainly Sunni Taez, 250km from Sana’a, after a deal was struck between the provincial authorities and the Houthis’ representatives to avoid fighting there.
AFP
