8 militants loyal to Tariq Affash killed, wounded in Mocha

TAIZ, March 05 (YPA) – About eight recruits belonging to so-called the Guards of the Republic were killed and wounded on Saturday, during an armed attack on the Saudi hospital in Mocha, Taiz province.

Media sources reported that members of the so-called Guards of the Republic attacked and opened fire on the Saudi Hospital in Mocha and tried to storm it after the killing of Amer Ali Ghalib Al-Muhya from Taiz Governorate, commander of the 20th Company of the Seventh Brigade of Guards of the Republic led by Tariq Affash.

The escorts of one of the leaders close to Tariq Afash killed Amer Ali Ghalib Al-Muhya, the sources said.

The sources explained that members of from Taiz surrounded the building of the Saudi hospital and tried to arrest one of the individuals accused of killing Al-Muhya, who was transferred to the Saudi hospital, but Tariq Affash issued directives to arrest all individuals from Taiz and lift the siege on the hospital.

E.M