(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
Aden: Gunmen on Monday shot dead a judge in Aden in the latest attack in the violence-plagued city of southern Yemen serving as the government's temporary base police said.
The unidentified assailants on a motorbike opened fire at Abdulhadi Mohammed near his house in the Mansura district killing the judge a police official said adding they managed to flee.
There has been a growing number of attacks and assassinations in Aden the government's temporary capital by jihadists targeting members of the security forces and government officials.
Al-Qaeda and the rival Islamic State group both have a presence in the city where jihadists occupy government buildings and are seen patrolling several districts and intimidating civilians.
Aden was rocked by months of fighting last year between pro-government forces and Shiite Huthi rebels who seized the capital Sanaa in September 2014 before expanding southwards.
Loyalists backed by a Saudi-led coalition have regained control of Aden and four other southern provinces since July but the rebels still hold Sanaa and have besieged the third city of Taez for months.
AFP