3 killed in tribal clashes between Al-Awad and Waqifah
English - Saturday 06 June 2020 الساعة 05:38 pm
Bayda, Newsyemen:
Armed clashes erupted between Al Awwad tribes of Radman District and the Al-Majhaneh tribe in Qaiyfah, which is administratively located in Al-Shariyah district, resulting in 3 deaths and number of wounded from both tribes.
A tribal source said that two people from Al-Awad family and one from Al-Majaneh ones were killed, on Friday, in addition to a number of wounded people, as a result of clashes in border areas between the two tribes.
The source pointed out that these confrontations come against the background of a tribal revenge that extends for decades between the two neighboring tribes.
While accusations were made against Al-Majaneh of carrying out a Houthi plan aimed at aborting the tribal support by fabricating tribal confrontations; The source quoted al-Majaneh denied that they were the ones who started the attack.
According to the source, Al-Majanah accused Al-Awad of bombing their villages in the morning with various bullets, stressing that their position is that of the people of Al-Bayda in the tribal support.
They pointed out that this attack was preceded by a similar bombing a few days ago, and that a member of the tribe was injured, and they did not respond to this attack in order to ensure that no tribal confrontations took place in during of the tribal support.
