YEMEN Press Agency

Official denies coalition’s rumors on FM’s assassination attempt in Sanaa

SANAA, Nov.06 (YPA) – An office of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sanaa denied on Saturday reports circulated by the Saudi-led coalition’s media outlets about an assassination attempt targeting the Minister Hisham Sharaf.

The official said in a statement that information circulated regarding what happened was an accidental accident in al-Sayyah area of the capital Sanaa, when the minister attended a wedding ceremony to congratulate.

The official said, “One of the foreign minister’s escorts was injured in the accident, he is in a good condition after being taken to a hospital for treatment.”

The statement called on journalists and media professionals to investigate accuracy and credibility, and to obtain information from its official sources.

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