(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Two Shia militiamen were killed in the Yemeni capital yesterday in a series of small bomb attacks and a drive-by shooting, a medic and
witnesses said.
Five small bombs hit the centre of Sana'a, which has been mostly controlled by the Shia militiamen since September, killing one of them and wounding two others, a medic said.
The first explosion went off in the old quarter of Sana'a when one of the militiamen, known as Houthis, tried to defuse a bomb discovered underneath the car of a judge. He died in hospital, according to the medic.
Another four bombs planted in garbage containers in the same Bustan Al Sultan neighbourhood then exploded within intervals of about five minutes, an AFP correspondent reported.
The Houthis, who fought authorities for a decade in their northern stronghold, overran Sana'a on September 21 and have since expanded to coastal areas and southern regions.
In a separate attack yesterday, a prominent Houthi figure, Faisal Sherif, was shot dead by two gunmen riding a motorcycle near the University of Sanaa, witnesses and a Houthi source said.
Yemen has been wracked by unrest as the Houthi advance is met by fierce opposition from Sunni tribes backed by Yemen's powerful Al Qaeda affiliate.
The Arabian Peninsula country is also facing continued violence in its restive south, where separatists are pushing for the restoration of independence.
Police yesterday shot dead a southern separatist and wounded four others as security forces confronted protesters in Ataq, the provincial capital of southern Shabwa province, activists from the Southern Movement said.
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