Yemen denies its two ministers to had been attacked

The Yemeni ministry of the Interior on Monday denied high ranking Yemeni officials including the minister of supply and commerce Abdul Aziz al-Kamim to have been exposed to fire shells in the west of Yemen.

News reports quoted a spokesman for the ministry in Sanaa as saying that the news on opening fire against high ranking Yemeni officials is groundless, noting that " fire shots were opened in the air expressing joy in the arrival of the official procession to the area."

Yemeni security sources said on Monday that an official procession including in particular the minister of supply and commerce Abdul Aziz al-Kamim and the governor of al-Mahweit Abdul Hamid Numaan was on Sunday after noon exposed to fire.