Two senior military officials assassinated

Two senior military officials assassinated

By Nasser Arrabyee,25/12/2012

Two high-ranking military officers were assassinated in the Yemeni capital in different places by gunmen riding motor cycles, security and eyewitnesses said Tuesday.

Colonel Saleem Ghorbani, from the republican guards, was seriously injured with bullets in his head in the area of Dar Salm, in the southern part of the city.

In a separate incident, gunmen riding a motorcycle shot dead brigadier Fadhl Al Radfani in the area of Bab Al Yamen, meters away from the gate of the ministry of defense.

The ministry of defense confirmed in statements the two assassinations of the two men saying that terrorists were behind theme.

The capital Sanaa and many other provinces witnessed similar assassinations as security situation is getting from bad to worse.