YEMEN Press Agency

3 UAE-backed militiamen killed in bomb attack in Abyan

ABYAN, Dec. 26 (YPA) – At least three UAE-backed militiamen were wounded on Wednesday in an improvised explosive device blast that targeted their military vehicle in Abyan province, southern Yemen.

The military vehicle is belonging to the rapid intervention battalion of the so-called “security belt” militia backed by the UAE and was targeted by unknown gunmen in al-Mahfad area with an explosive device, which led to the injuring of three soldiers, according to an official source.

He added that the injured were taken to a hospital in the area, and that the injuries were minor.

On the other hand, armed tribesmen launched an armed attack with various weapons against a gathering of the UAE-backed security belt militia in al-Mahfad area.

Eyewitnesses said that clashes broke out on Wednesday afternoon, between the security belt militia and what the militia described as “al-Qaeda elements”.

The clashes came after the UAE militias raided a number of villages during the past days in search of whom they called wanted for security.

On Thursday, two members of the UAE-backed militia were killed in an explosion in al-Mahfad souk.

 

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