Leader in ‘southern resistance’ killed in Lahj

LAHJ, Jun. 14 (YPA) – A leader in the so-called Southern Resistance has been killed on Monday night in Yemen’s southern Lahj province, eyewitness said .

Eyewitnesses said that the leader of the southern resistance Rushdie Hassan al-Tayyar was assassinated this evening by unknown gunmen near  the city of al-Habilin.

They said the gunmen fired a hail of bullets at him, killing  him instantly.

The southern provinces are experiencing unprecedented security chaos due to the conflict between the Saudi-led  coalition’s factions.

E.M