News - Yemen: The governor of Lahj Ahmed Guraib and the Local Administration in the province condemned on Saturday the continuation of murders and extortion committed by criminal and lawless groups against travelers and pedestrians on the roads in the province.

In a statement, the Local Administration expressed its deep dissatisfaction with the killing of Hassan Ali Abu Awad al-Makhdi, a driver, by gunfire from militias affiliated with the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Habeel Jabr Road, as a result of his refusal to be blackmailed by those militias.

The statement denounced these criminal acts, which are inconsistent with the customs, traditions and ancestors of the Yafea and Radfan tribes, known for their originality and societal values, which reject such offensive actions of the Lahj tribes.

The Local Administration in Lahj called on the tribes of the province to confront these criminal acts that target civilians passing by on public roads. It held the STC, its militias and the countries involved in aggression fully responsible for those practices that led to the shedding of the blood of many innocent people.

It pointed out that what al-Makhdi was subjected to comes in light of the crimes and violations committed by these militias against travelers, merchants and importers through the port of Aden.

The Local Administration called on the Heavy Transport Syndicate in the governorates of Lahj and Aden for a general strike until the killer of al-Makhdi is arrested.

Aden and southern governorates are witnessing security chaos, and almost daily crimes, under the control of the forces of US-Saudi aggression and Saudi-Emirati occupation. They witness an increase in assassinations involving military security leaders, religious and social tendencies, kidnapping, bombings and clashes between militants fighting for influence among them.

The annual report issued by the Media Center for the Southern Governorates stated that it had documented 1259 crimes and serious violations during the past year, including 159 assassinations as a result of the conflict between the militia of the Southern Transitional.

The report indicated that the center monitored 82 home raids in Aden and Shabwa governorates. Kidnappings have escalated, in Aden, Abyan, Shabwa and Lahj 67 crimes were committed affecting military commanders, civilian leaders and citizens, including party leaders, workers, women and children. 

The crimes of clashes in the governorates of Aden, Lahj, Al-Dhalae, Abyan and Shabwa increased to 265 crimes due to insecurity and the proliferation of militias and armed groups loyal to the countries of the coalition.

220 detention crimes affected people in Aden, Shabwa, Lahj, Abyan, Hadramout and Al Dhalae, indicating that 200 violations and forced deportations were committed on racial grounds against 4,500 people, the report added.

The report indicated that 92 crimes of extortion against merchants and investors of the occupied southern governorates were committed.

 

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