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| Landmines kill seven civilians, wound 20 others in Hajja |
| 2012-03-24 |
| [Yemen Post] Landmines planted by the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates.... Group in Hajja killed seven civilians and maimed 20 others Thursday in Kushar of Hajja governorate . One local of Kushar, Sadiq Qushar, said one civilian, Mohammad Al-Doaish, was killed while he was entering his home, pointing out that six other persons who went to rescue him were also killed as another landmine went kaboom!. Violent festivities broke out between the Houthi Group and the tribes leaving hundreds of persons killed and maimed from both sides, and hundreds of families were displaced. Locals of Ahim districts accused Houthi fighters of planting about 3000 landmines inside houses of the displaced persons and roads. One child was killed by a landmine last Tuesday while he was returning his home in Kushar. Last week, two displaced persons were killed and to others were maimed by a landmine as they opened the door of their house. The front man of a reconciliation committee between the Houthi and the Hajja tribes had affirmed Houthi fighters planted some 3,000 landmines in Ahem. Local sources said that an a mediation committee are contacting between both sides to root op the landmines and help the displaced persons return their villages. A twenty-member team of activists who visited early of this month some district of Hajja governorate, cautioning against the deterioration of human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... conditions. In a presser held in Sana'a, members of the team said Houthi fighters were surrounding some farms and blocking a main road linking between districts of Mastaba and Kashar of Hajja. They said the prices of foodstuff highly raised between 50-70 per cent owing to sieges imposed by the Houthi fighters in some areas. |
| Posted by:Fred |