YEMEN Press Agency

Leader in Southern Al-Hirak assaulted in Dhalea

DHALEA, April 15 (YPA) – A leader in the Southern Al-Hirak was assaulted on Thursday in Dhalea province, legal sources told Yemen Press Agency.

The sources confirmed that the leader Basel Al-Raai was attacked and beaten over the past hours by a militant of Southern Transitional Council inside office of special forces’ commander in Dhalea.

Al-Raai was hit by a bottle of mineral water ice near his eye and he fell into a fainting state.

Al-Raai accused the southern militiamen leadership of intolerance and conspiracy against him, calling on human rights and humanitarian organizations to show solidarity with him to achieve justice.