Saudi-backed militias raid citizen’s house in Ghaydha

MAHRA, July 4 (YPA) – Saudi-backed militias on Wednesday raided a citizen’s home in Ghaydha city of Mahra province, eastern Yemen.

“Forces loyal to Saudi Arabia surrounded the house with a number of armored vehicles and started to break into it and shoot bullets, injuring a woman, on the pretext of the arrest of accused persons,” an official said.

He added that the forces arrested a number of people in the house and took them to camps and secret and illegal prisons.

For his part, Undersecretary of Mahra province for Youth Affair Badr Kalashat denounced the incident, describing it as “an ugly crime and disregard for legitimacy (Hadi’s government) and Ministry of Human Rights.”

Kalashat noted that these provocations came unfortunately in conjunction with the visit of a rights group from the government to inspect prisons of the province and what is happening in them.

He pointed out that this incident is proof of Saudi support for lawless militias to destabilize the security and stability of the province and put it in a scenario similar to what is happening in Aden.

YPA