News on killing al-Houthi's deputy, persons killed, injured in confrontations of the Yemeni army
Yemen, Politics, 6/30/2004

Five persons were killed and scores were injured in clashes taking place between the Yemeni army and supporters of the Yemeni clergy Hussein Bader Eddin al-Houthi in Saadah province to the north of Yemen.

The Yemeni defense ministry said that Zeid Bin Ali Musleh al-Houthi -- who was appointed by Hussein Bader Eddin al-Houthi as his deputy -- was killed at the hands of the army forces which destroyed his house situated on Marran mountain in Saadeh which is used for piling up weapons.

A source in the local authorities and people of the area said that a senior official in the Yemeni army was hit by 8 bullets today in haidan area which is situated to the east of Marran area. Since the beginning of the siege against al-Houthi on June 18, some 67 persons were killed in Yemen, including 12 soldiers in violent clashes.

News reports said that the armed confrontations between the government forces and supporters of Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi resulted in displacing large number of people of Marran mountain area in Saddah especially with the displacing of hidings of al-Houthi supporters by artillery and missiles of helicopters.

The Yemeni security forces said today it has tightened besiege of al-Houthi and his supporters in Marran mountain area and said this is after the failure of the mediation assigned by the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to convince al-Houthi to hand over voluntarily to the authorities and to abide by the constitution and the law.

To this effect, six opposition parties condemned the way the Yemeni authorities deal with al-Houthi and his supporters by the military means.

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