Gunmen killed in Aden clashes

ADEN, Aug 01 (YPA) – Two gunmen were killed and two others wounded on Tuesday in armed clashes that took part in the city of Aden, south of Yemen.

Local sources in the city confirmed that the clashes occurred in the vicinity of the house of the commander of Abyan’s “Special Forces” affiliated with the Islah Party, Mohammed al-Awban, in Khormaksar district.

The sources explained that the confrontations came due to an attempt to storm Al-Awban’s house by members of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, using various types of light and medium weapons.

Some sources attributed the clashes between the guards of Al-Awban’s house and the leader of the STC’s security belt” factions in Zinjibar city of Abyan, called Abdullah Al-Marqashi, on the background of tribal vendetta cases.

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