At least six Yemeni servicemen were killed and 14 more were injured as a result of a drone attack on a military parade at the Al Anad military air base in Yemen's southern governorate of Lahij carried out by the Houthi rebels, a source in the local administration told Sputnik Thursday
CAIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th January, 2019) At least six Yemeni servicemen were killed and 14 more were injured as a result of a drone attack on a military parade at the Al Anad military air base in Yemen's southern governorate of Lahij carried out by the Houthi rebels, a source in the local administration told Sputnik Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, Al Masira, a broadcaster run by the rebel Houthi movement, reported that the Houthis' unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had conducted an attack targeting "invaders" and "mercenaries" at the Al Anad military air base.
"According to preliminary data on the Houthis' explosive-laden UAV attack, six soldiers were killed and 14 injured," the source said.
The source also added that Lahij Governor Ahmad Abdullah Turki and other military commanders were among those injured in the incident.
Earlier in the day, a source in the administration of Lahij Governorate told Sputnik that Chief of Staff of Yemen Abdullah Nakhi, his deputy Saleh Zindani as well as the head of the military intelligence of the country, Mohamed Tamah, were injured in the attack.
Yemen has long been engulfed in a state of war between the internationally backed government and the Houthi rebels.
