(Reuters) - An
Algerian national was shot dead and a Frenchman was wounded on Wednesday
during a scuffle at a checkpoint operated by fighters of the Shi'ite
Muslim Houthi group in the southern part of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a
police source said. The source said the
incident developed when the Houthis stopped the two men for checks and
then tried to arrest them, having found that they were foreigners. One
of the two men stabbed a member of the security detail at the
checkpoint and other Houthi gunmen opened fire, killing the Algerian and
wounding the Frenchman. Another police source earlier told Reuters that the two men had been shot by unidentified assailants in southern Sanaa. A
member of the Muslim Salafi movement, which operates centres in Sanaa,
said the pair had been students at a Salafi religious school in the
northern province of Saada before it was forced to close down last year
after weeks of armed confrontations with the Houthis. He
confirmed the two had scuffled with the Houthis at the Shumaila
checkpoint, but made no reference to Houthis being stabbed before
opening fire. The source said the wounded man was a French national and that he believed the Algerian also held a French passport.
Algerian killed, Frenchman wounded in scuffle at Sanaa Houthi checkpoint
Reuters
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