February 16 Revolutionaries condemn attack on protesters in Al-Mansoura Square in Aden

ADEN, Aug 27 (YPA) – Revolutionaries of February 16 have threatened with further escalation against the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in a  response to storming of Sahat Shuhada Al-Mansoura ( Al-Mansoura Martyrs Square)  in Aden.

The political bureau of the February 16 movement said in a statement that “Storming Al-Mansoura Square by the STC’s militia will not go unnoticed. Al- Mansoura Square is the starting point of all movements that come out against injustice.”

The statement held Waddah Al-Huraibi responsible for everything that happens and all that will happen from bloodshed as a result of the ongoing clashes in Al-Mansoura.

The February 16 Movement also held the STC responsible the safety of the movement’s leader, Walid al-Idrissi, and anything that might happen to him.

The clashes are still going on until the early hours of Sunday morning in Al-Mansoura, after masked elements affiliated with the STC stormed the square and fired various light and medium shots at the demonstrators, during which a number of people were injured in addition to arresting  the leader of the February 16 movement, Walid Al-Idrissi. He was taken to an unknown destination.

E.M