Shia Activist Assassinated in Yemen

A Shia member of parliament has been assassinated in Yemen.

Abdul Karim Jadban who represented the Houthis Shias in Yemen’s National Dialogue for Reconciliation was shot dead on Friday, November 22.

Jadban, who is a member of the Ansarallah Movement, was shot by armed assailants on a motorbike as he left a mosque in the capital Sanaa. The attackers are said to be affiliated to Al-Qaeda.

Houthis have been targeted by Salafist groups in the past. Yemen’s Shias accuse Salafists of recruiting thousands of foreign fighters and preparing to attack them.

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