Pro-UAE commander assassinated in Abyan

ABYAN, Dec. 02 (YPA) – A leader in the UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council(STC)’s militia was assassinated on Friday, with his bodyguard, in Abyan province, southern Yemen.

Sources familiar with the matter confirmed that an officer in the emergency operations of the “Security Belts” militia of the STC, named Nader Ahmed Salih al-Nisri, and one of his companions, Riyad Hussein Mohammed Talib, were killed when an explosive device exploded in al-Mahfad area.

The sources indicated that unidentified gunmen targeted al-Nisri’s vehicle, amid accusations against al-Qaeda members of being behind the assassination.

This came after targeting two military vehicles belonging to the STC last Wednesday in the Al-Mahfad area, which left dead and wounded.

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