Six Yemeni security members killed in clashes with Houthi supporters
Yemen, Local, 3/29/2005

Six Yemeni security men were killed in an attack carried out by what are believed to be followers of Sheikh Bader Eddin al-Houthi in the early hours of Monday morning in Nashour area to the northern east of Saadah province situated in the north west of Yemen.

News reports in Sanaa quoted local sources as saying that the attack was carried out in the early hours of Monday and targeted a military position. A matter which was not confirmed by the Yemeni authorities which did not comment on the subject.

A Yemeni government source asked to be anonymous confined to confirming news of the attack which is not known whether it inflected in killing any of al-Houthi supporters. The news quoted the same sources that the Yemeni security forces started a large scale campaign to chase the executors of the attack. Eye witnesses said that the government forces used heavy weapons in the attack.

Monday's attack came five days after the killing of three supporters for al-Houthi at the hands of the Yemeni security in the market of Saadah city.

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