Taiz Police director: arresting Ghazwan al-Mekhlafi will ignite battles with Houthi militias
English - Sunday 05 May 2019 الساعة 11:21 am
Aden – NewsYemen.net
Taiz Security Director Brigadier Mansour al-Akhali has justified the failure to arrest the wanted for security Ghazwan al-Mekhlafi amid avoiding unjustified battle with the Houthi group.
Al-Akhali, in an interview with the Yemen Youth Channel, funded by Qatar, said that the wanted for security al-Mekhlafi was in areas adjacent to the Houthi militias strongholds.
Al-Akhali added that Ghazwan al-Mekhlafi is a fugitive in areas adjacent to the Houthi group when Police is to raid the area, clashes would erupt with the Houthi group, a battle is not justified.
Ghazwan al-Mekhlafi and his gang live in al-Masbah neighborhood downtown Taiz, under the protection of the Brigadier Sadiq Sarhan, the commander of the 22nd Brigade, and Abdo Farhan al-Mekhlafi, the commander of the Popular Crowd Militias.
The Criminal Prosecution in the interim Capital Aden, (State Security Prosecution) issued a month ago a compulsory arrest warrant for Ghazwan al-Mekhlafi. Taiz police, backed by influential of the Brotherhood, refused to implement the arrest warrants.
