TAIZ, Aug. 21 (YPA) – A security official was assassinated on Thursday in the center of Taiz, a city under the control of pro-coalition factions.
Media sources loyal to the coalition confirmed that unknown gunmen, believed to be members of the Islah party, detonated an explosive device in the car of the Ta’iziya security director, Abdullah Ahmed Naji Shaalan al-Naqeeb, in the middle of Jamal Street.
The sources explained that the explosion resulted in the injury of a number of citizens who were near the incident.
The assassination of “Al-Naqeeb” came after he had carried out a security campaign to pursue armed gangs belonging to the Islah factions in the central part of the district.
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