YEMEN Press Agency

9 citizens killed, injured following land dispute in Bayda

 BAYDA, Feb. 27  (YPA) – Two civilians were killed and seven others injured in a real estate office in the central Yemeni city of Bayda due to a dispute over land ownership.

A reporter of Yemen Press Agency said that the civilians were killed and injured by an armed gunman who attacked them inside Al-I’ad Real Estate Office.

The owner of the office, Abdullah Omar, sold the land to the perpetrator, Al-Libani, without his knowledge.

The reporter added that the owner of the property among the injured who were taken for treatment in the hospital and that his health is very critical while the security services and the People’s Committees arrested the offender.

Sameera Hassn