Anti-drug activist kidnapped in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 02 (YPA) – Anti-drug activist Ahmed Karaeen was kidnapped in Aden city by members of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions, according to human rights sources.

The sources reported that the members, wearing black masks and riding in a vehicle, abducted Karaeen on Friday from the al-Mansoura area without any legal justification.

The STC members not only abducted the activist, who is sponsoring an initiative to educate and treat young people for drug addiction, but also looted his private car and took him to an unknown location, according to the sources.

This incident follows the similar kidnapping of another young man, Imad Mohammed Al-Jaradi, in the middle of last month by masked gunmen who looted his property.

YPA