Interior Ministry: Two Killed, Four Injured in Houthi Shelling in Taiz and Abyan
The Ministry of Interior announced on Friday the deaths of two civilians and the injury of four others, resulting from shelling and attacks launched by the Houthi group on residential areas and public roads in the Taiz and Abyan governorates, in the southwest of the country.
The ministry stated in a release published by the Security Media that a 30-year-old man was killed after Houthis targeted civilian vehicles passing on the Aqabat al-Halhal road in the Lawdar district of Abyan governorate.
In Taiz governorate, a 40-year-old woman was killed when a shell fired by the group landed on the village of Wateer in the Sabir district, causing a shrapnel wound to her abdomen that proved fatal.
The statement added that Houthi shelling on residential areas in Taiz resulted in the injury of four civilians, including two 17-year-old boys and two young men aged 22 and 25, with various shrapnel wounds.
In the Al-Aqroudh area, the targeting of a citizen's home caused material damage estimated at about 50 million Yemeni rials, according to the ministry, which noted that the attacks also targeted homes and populated areas.
المصدر: Ministry of Interior
