STC faction leader survives assassination in Lahj

LAHJ, Feb. 14 (YPA) – A leader in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions survived on Wednesday an armed attack in the middle of a popular market in Lahj province, southern Yemen.

Informed sources reported that tribal gunmen in Yafea area attacked the leader of the STC factions, Ali Yahya Harhara, after a dispute broke out between them.

This attack on Harhara is the second since he was injured in the head, carried out by tribal gunmen last August in the Yafea area.

YPA