Armed attack targets pro-coalition local official in Taiz

TAIZ, May 26 (YPA) – A local official loyal to Saudi-led coalition survived on Wednesday an assassination attempt in Taiz province, southwest Yemen.

Media source affiliated with the coalition reported that gunmen loyal to the tribal sheikh Rashid Al-Ma’mari shot Director of the Transport Office in Al-Shamayatayn district, Mohammed Al-Naqeeb.

The gunmen set up an armed ambush for Al-Naqeeb at ‘Bani Omar’ Junction in ‘Al-Safia area’ in the district, but he was not harmed in the attack, the sources explained.

The sources added that the gunmen managed to flee after the attack to an unknown destination.

YPA