Clashes with foreign security leave 2 dead
What a bloody day.
Border guards kill qat smuggler HARADH, Nov. 04 (Saba) – A Yemeni qat smuggler has been shot dead by Saudi border guards while trying to smuggle qat leaves, which is banned in Saudi Arabia, across the Yemeni-Saudi border,Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday that Yemen’s security authorities of Hajjah province have delivered the body of the man, 21, to his family.
Though it is not banned in Yemen, qat is strictly forbidden in Saudi Arabia, which considers as a narcotic.
On the sea… They are reporting it as a French warship in the Arabic Elaf, and recently Yemen’s official media stated an investigation showed France shot down a civilian airliner although that is improbable.
1 dead as Anti-Piracy Forces attack Yemeni boat
SANA’A, Nov. 04 (Saba) – A Yemeni fishermen has been killed and three others wounded after their boat was attacked by international forces combating piracy off Somalia, the Interior ministry said on Wednesday.
According to the ministry’s information center, Nooh Salim Dolv, 23, was killed by a bullet fired from a warship that belonged to the forces and which was in Somalia over the last two days.
The center quoted the crew of the Yemeni boat who have arrived in Mukalla in southern Yemen that three other fishermen were hurt in the attack.
An investigation was launched into the incident.
A number of Yemeni fishermen were killed and others inured by international forces fighting Somali pirates in the Arabian and Red Seas since the forces were dispatched into the region amid soaring piracy.
Early this year, many fishermen complained about harassment and provocation they faced while fishing by the forces.
