Intelligence officer killed in Aden

ADEN, July 29 (YPA) – Unknown gunmen assassinated an intelligence officer in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday evening.

According to eyewitnesses, unknown gunmen assassinated, Nasser Makrij, a former intelligence officer who is currently a Sifiw neighborhood head in Khor Maksar district after he left Maghrib prayer at the Bajnid mosque near his home.

The Witnesses said the gunmen managed to escape in front of a number of citizens, While the body was transferred to the refrigerator of Jomhori Hospital.

During the month of July, Aden witnessed escalation of assassinations which targeted a number of military, security leaders and clerics, including imams and mosque preachers.

Sameera Hassn