Unknown militants attack security patrol in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 24 (YPA) – Unknown militants launched an attack on a security patrol in the southern port city of Aden, Pro-coalition police reported on Monday.

According to almawqeapost, Police said in a statement that one of their patrols was attacked in block 21 neighborhood of Mansoura district.

According to the statement, emergency forces of the Aden Security Department in the coalition -backed government, led by Colonel Mohammed Hussein al-Khaili, carried out a security campaign to establish temporary checkpoints and carry out night patrols to maintain security and stability.

“At 11 p.m., an emergency security patrol in Aden in Block 21 was attacked by unknown assailants, and a security officer was injured and taken to hospital. The security forces chased the attackers who barricaded themselves in houses. The attackers used light weapons and RPG missiles against the security forces,” the statement read.

As a part of insecurity and chaos, violent clashes erupted among factions of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council militias in the province, local sources reported.

The clashes erupted when a military force belonging to the STC militia raided the house of the leader Badr al-Mohseni in the neighborhood adjacent to the central prison street in in Mansoura district on late Sunday.

The STC militia managed to break into the house of militia leader Badr al-Mohseni, but he managed to escape from his home, one of the sources said.

Badr al-Mohseni is one of the STC’s leaders who has worked on the west coast and the reasons for the attack and attempted arrest against him are not yet known.

Aden and other southern provinces have been witnessing assassinations and security disorder since United Arab Emirates occupation forces took control over the city.

E.M