Al-Houthis control telecommunication building and burn hotel in Saada

SAADA, April 03 (Saba)- Security sources said on Friday lawless
armed elements of the al-Houthis had attacked Ghamr district in
Saada province and took control over the city's telecommunications
building.

The sources added that those elements also took control of a hotel
in the district and burned it, in addition to taking control over
its market and positioning inside a mosque of the city.

"Those armed elements started to prepare themselves to attack
various sites and block the roads in the district", said the sources.

Speaking to Saba, the sources pointed out that the attackers killed
a citizen and abducted a soldier and shoots are still persist in a
number of the areas, affirming that those elements are digging
trenches, setting up roadblocks and training elements others on the
methods of warfare for preparing to provoke a new war in the
province.

"There have been shoots between those elements and a group of
tribesmen of the Bni Amer tribe in the district, wounding four
people", added the sources, confirming that those elements are
currently surrounding the headquarters of the district and the
Border Guard Command of the Yemeni Army.

"The armed al-Houthis prevented medical teams to treat some injuries
or provide medical aids to them", the sources warned of the
consequences of these criminal acts which push the county to a new
war.

"The continuous attacks of the al-Houthis' supporters have caused
the deaths of more than 30 people and wounded more than 91 others".

The sources accused the al-Houthis of attacking the inhabitants of
some districts of the province, particularly in Harf Sufian, since
the end of the fifth war in 2007 between the government troops and
the al-Houthis in Saada.

"Since the end of the fifth war, the al-Houthis have killed a number
of citizens, blocked the roads and destroyed more of public and
private properties".

The sources reiterated that the government's option is to maintain
peace and the efforts of reconstruction and development in the
province, noting the government is keen to stop the bloodshed and
prevent the sedition elements to run the war in the province.

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