Al-Qaeda elements execute dentist in Bayda

BAYDA, Aug. 15 (YPA) – A dentist was tortured and executed on Friday by al-Qaeda elements in al-Sawmah district of Bayda province, sources familiar with the matter told Yemen Press Agency.

The sources said that the execution of the dentist, Mutahir Mohammad Saif al-Yousfi, from the Taiz governorate, came hours after the elements of the so-called Al-Qaeda organization fled the battles of Qaivat Radaa front.

The sources indicated that the terrorist organization would intend to execute more civilians, in retaliation for its heinous defeat at the Yemeni army forces’ hands in Yakle area Qaivat Radaa district in the same province during the last week.

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