More than 31 people were killed and injured, during violent confrontations between the factions of the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) Wednesday evening in the center of occupied Aden, south of Yemen, local sources said.
The sources pointed that about nine people were killed and over 22 others wounded, including two women. Homes and property of citizens in the Sheikh Othman district also have been destroyed, the sources added.
The sources explained that the commander of the eighth sector of the STC militia, Akram al-Mashreqi, was wounded and a number of his bodyguards were killed.
The clashes erupted between factions of the so-called security belt affiliated with the Dhalea sons and the so-called support and backing brigades, affiliated with the sons of Yafa, due to the arrest of some arms dealers loyal to one of the factions in Aden.
Aden, which is under Saudi-Emirati invaders and occupiers, suffers from an unprecedented insecurity in light of the proliferation of armed groups affiliated with the wings of the Saudi-Emirati aggression.
Armed groups struggle with each other from time to time, sometimes to achieve political gains and extend influence, and at other times due to disputes between its leaders over stolen items and plundering of lands.
