Tribal gunmen kidnap 5 engineers in Aden

ADEN, Feb. 04 (YPA) – Tribal gunmen kidnapped on Saturday five engineers working for the Ministry of Transport in coalition’s government west of the city of Aden.

A memorandum issued by coalition’s Ministry of Transport explained that the gunmen kidnapped the engineers while they were descending to Ras Omran area in order to survey and delete the site of so-called site of the future Aden airport,” by gunmen claiming ownership of land in the area.

The document confirmed that engineers from the free zone and the Civil Aviation Authority loyal to coalition are still missing.

The Minister of Transport loyal to the”Southern Transitional” so-called “Attorney General” begged the directive to free the kidnapped engineers.