Dead, wounded in clashes among pro-Houthis in Hajjah.

English - Thursday 07 February 2019 الساعة 10:15 am
Hajjah – NewsYemen.net

A number of Houthi militias' gunmen were killed and injured on Wednesday in armed clashes with tribal gunmen in Sawdain area in Kushar district in Hajjah province.

Tribal source said to Newsyemen that five Houthi gunmen of al-Sanafeyah came of al-Mansoura village to Sawdain village for the purpose to assassinate the tribal leader Akram al-Namsha who was in a meeting with the tribal leader Khaled Dhagshar al-Yazeedi who the latter appointed by the Houthi militias as the director of Aflah Alyaman district and their representative to end fighting with Hajoor tribal gunmen.

The source explained the two attackers fired directly at al-Nashma and al-Yazeedi, the attackers killed two body guards of al-Yazeedi and other of al-Qadhi tribe when he was in a small shop.

Another was injured of Bani Sailan tribe, the attackers were shot and killed immediately by the two tribal leaders' guards.