Citizens injured by STC militia’s bombing on villages in Abyan

ABYAN, Jan. 24 (YPA) – A number of citizens, including a child and women, were injured on Monday when the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia bombarded citizens’ villages in Modiya district of Abyan province, southern Yemen.

Informed sources stated that groups of the STC militia coming from Dhalea province and Yafea area in Lahj province, led by Mukhtar Al-Nubi, bombed a number of areas, including Al-Baqira village east of Modiya, with mortars and machine guns, which resulted in the injury of several civilians, including a 3-year-old child and women and caused severe damage to citizens’ homes.

The tribesmen targeted the militia in response to the bombing of their villages and terrorizing their children and women, according to the sources.

This came after the STC militia launched a military campaign on the areas of Al-Mahzera and the villages of Al-Fathan tribes, storming homes and arresting several residents, including three from Al-Mahzera, which led to clashes that left nearly 4 dead and wounded during the past hours of Monday.

YPA