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Yemen: Socotra governor survives assassination attempt
An armoured vehicle belonging to Hadi's forces is seen in Taiz province, Yemen on April 6, 2017.

Yemen-Press Ramzi Mahrous, governor of the Yemeni island Socotra, has survived an assassination attempt carried out by gunmen loyal to the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Wednesday. A local source told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) that gunmen affiliated with the Security Belt Forces (SBF) shot at the governor’s house in the city of Hadiboh, the capital of Socotra.

The source indicated that clashes erupted between the gunmen, guards and security forces, without causing casualties.

The security forces arrested some of the gunmen, while others fled.

This attack comes hours after some of the STC’s officers kidnapped Riad Saeed, director of the Socotra Port, and took him to an unknown destination.

Saeed was released after the governorate’s sheikhs succeeded to mediate his liberation deal, in addition to the pressures exerted by the local authority, who threatened to use force on the kidnappers.

Last February, Mahrous accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of supporting a military rebellion against Hadi's government, after the army’s 1st Marine Brigade on Socotra Island defected from the internationally-recognized government and declared its allegiance to the STC

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Differences between the Yemeni government and the UAE on the Socotra Island have emerged since 2018, after the latter sent soldiers, military vehicles and tanks deployed in the island’s port and airport, without notifying the Hadi's government.

At that time, the Hadi's government expressed its rejection of the Emirati presence on the island, stating that this constituted a violation of the national sovereignty.

Government officials also accused the UAE of financially and militarily supporting the leaders of the STC Socotra Island is part of the Socotra Archipelago, which consists of six islands in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the Horn of Africa near the Gulf of Aden.

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Original Article Source: Yemen Press | Published on Thursday, 09 April 2020 13:17 (about 1449 days ago)