Militia leader loyal to UAE assassinated in Aden

ADEN, Feb. 17 (YPA) – A militia leader loyal to the UAE occupation was shot dead by gunmen in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen, on Monday.

Rashad Saleh al-Saadi, commander of the UAE-backed militias in al-Luhom area in the east of Dar Saad neighborhood, came under a hail of gunfire while he was in his car at Al-Masa’abin junction, according to local sources.

The sources added that Al-Saadi was killed on the spot, despite the presence of security barriers of the militias near the incident, while the gunmen fled.

On Sunday, citizens found a body of one of the UAE-back militia recruits named Marwan Radhwan, who was kidnapped from Sheikh Othman area, after hours of killing and throwing him in a sub-street.

YPA