STC forces’ military vehicle kidnapped following armed confrontations in Abyan

ABYAN, June 10 (YPA) – A military vehicle belonging to factions of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) was kidnapped on Monday following armed confrontations in the city of Ahwar in Abyan province, southern Yemen.

Local sources reported that unidentified gunmen disrupted one of the vehicles belonging to the so-called “Second Brigade of Support” for transporting food to “the Second Battalion” in the Ahwar district, pointing out that the kidnapping of the mechanism was due to private demands of the attackers.

The hijacking of the vehicle came after a confrontation with a recruit who was on board the vehicle and was injured during an exchange of fire with the gunmen who took the vehicle to outside the city.

YPA