Boy shot dead, woman injured by Houthi snipers in south Yemen

 

September Net

A young boy was shot dead and a woman was critically injured by Houthi militia’s sniper shootings in the southern of Al-Dhale province.

Militia snipers, stationed at Wa’al Hill north of Qata’aba, randomly opened fire at passers-by civilians on the district’s suburbs, local residents told September Net.

The sniper attacks killed the young man Hani Saleh Saeed Alharbi, and wounded a woman.

The victims are from the northern village of Qardah in Qata’aba, north of the province, the residents explained.

Houthi rebel militia from the same positions, continues targeting vulnerable civilians with direct sniper shootings and random artillery shelling, beside imposing a siege on rural areas north of the town.