Blast kills senior Islamist politician in Yemen
Blast kills senior Islamist politician in Yemen
A car bombing on Tuesday killed a leading member of Yemen's powerful Sunni Al-Islah party whose supporters have been battling Shia militias, a security official said.
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The murder comes two weeks after another politician was gunned down in Sanaa.
A car bombing on Tuesday killed a leading member of Yemen's powerful Sunni Al-Islah party whose supporters have been battling Shia militias, a security official said.
Al-Islah assistant secretary general Sadeq Mansur died "immediately" when a device inside the door of his car exploded in the country's third city Taez southwest of Sanaa.
Police are trying to identify the attackers, the official added. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Al-Islah have been resisting an advance by Shia Houthi militiamen who easily overran the capital Sanaa on September 21 and who have since been expanding farther south.
Early this month, the Houthis attacked Al-Islah headquarters in the south western city of Ibb, killing three people.
Dozens of people have also been killed in fighting between armed Shia and Sunnis in central Yemen.
Mansur's murder comes just over two weeks after another politician, the liberal Union of Popular Forces secretary general Mohammed Abdulmalik al-Mutawakil, was gunned down in Sanaa.
Al-Islah assistant secretary general Sadeq Mansur died "immediately" when a device inside the door of his car exploded in the country's third city Taez southwest of Sanaa.
Police are trying to identify the attackers, the official added. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Al-Islah have been resisting an advance by Shia Houthi militiamen who easily overran the capital Sanaa on September 21 and who have since been expanding farther south.
Early this month, the Houthis attacked Al-Islah headquarters in the south western city of Ibb, killing three people.
Dozens of people have also been killed in fighting between armed Shia and Sunnis in central Yemen.
Mansur's murder comes just over two weeks after another politician, the liberal Union of Popular Forces secretary general Mohammed Abdulmalik al-Mutawakil, was gunned down in Sanaa.
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