Details on assassination attempt of chief of staff in Hadi’s govt revealed

SANAA, May 27 (YPA) – Local sources in Marib province on Wednesday revealed details of the attempted assassination of the defense minister and chief of staff in Hadi’s government.

The sources pointed out that an attack with an explosive device targeted car of the chief of staff of Hadi forces Sagheer bin Aziz Tuesday night during a meeting of leaders of Saudi-led coalition forces inside the so-called “third military region’s headquarters” in Sahn al-Jin area of Marib city.

The explosion targeted the car during the meeting, just before the defense minister al-Maqdashi and bin Aziz left the meeting, killing and wounding a number of bin Aziz’s bodyguards and some of senior commanders of the coalition forces in the city of Marib, according to the sources.

Ali Mohsin bin Salah, one of the general staff officers of Hadi forces, said in a post on Facebook Wednesday that the explosion was caused by an explosive device planted in a military car belonging to bin Aziz’s escorts. He did not rule out the involvement of Islah party in the attack.

The defense minister of Hadi government had previously survived, at the end of last year, from a similar attack targeted the ministry’s headquarters in Marib province.

YPA