Militants burn down merchant’s house in Taiz

TAIZ, March 01 (YPA) – Gunmen loyal to Islah burned down a merchant’s house after looting its contents in Taiz province, southwestern Yemen, Yemeni News Portal reported, citing local sources.

According to the local sources , the  gunmen belonging to the leader of the Islah Party and the director of the Ma’afar directorate Adel al-Mashmar burned down the house of merchant Sultan al-Sarafi in Maafar after it was looted.

The sources added that the perpetrators deliberately burned the property which they were unable to loot, noting that the entire house was burned.

E.M