ADEN: A Yemeni army colonel was gunned down in Aden on Saturday in the latest in a spate of assassinations of senior officers that underlines the persistent insecurity in the city.
A gunman riding on the back of a motorcycle killed Colonel Badr al-Yafei in the city’s Khormaksar district, which houses diplomatic missions and the airport, a security official
On Friday, the governor of Aden’s Mansura prison was killed in a similar ride-by shooting.