Sana’a: Al Houthi rebels attacked an Islamist party headquarters in a central province killing four guards and blowing up the building overnight on Friday, security officials said.
The officials said the rebels attacked the Islamist Islah Party headquarters in the Ibb province and fought with the guards until early yesterday.
Mediators managed to stop the fighting and allow those who were inside the party headquarters to leave, but Al Houthi later detained 25 people and took them to the office of the provincial governor, an Al Houthi himself.
Dispensary attack
Al Houthis also blew up a nearby dispensary belonging to the Islah Party, forcing hundreds of people to flee the area, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
Ten of Yemen’s Western and international allies urged Al Houthis to stop their campaign to seize government and military institutions and allow the government to exercise its duties without threats or intervention.
—AFP & AP
