Pro-UAE leader found killed in Ataq city

SHABWA, Aug. 29 (YPA) – Citizens found on Tuesday the body of a senior leader, loyal to the UAE, brutally slaughtered in the center of the city of Ataq, the center of Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.

Salem Abdullah Lahul Al-Barasi Al-Awlaki, 38, one of leaders of the UAE-backed Shabwa Defense forces, was founded killed in the city, after being kidnapped a year by unknown persons, local sources in the city said.

The sources accused Al-Qaeda, which is allied with Al-Islah, of being behind the incident of beheading Al-Barasi Al-Awlaki.

The incident sparked widespread condemnation among the residents of the city, where the various districts of Shabwa are witnessing an unprecedented state of security chaos in light of the presence of the coalition-funded armed factions.

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