Yemeni police apprehend killers of Jordanian UN official

Yemeni Ambassador to Jordan, Jalal Faqira
Yemeni Ambassador to Jordan, Jalal Faqira. (Photo: Twitter)
AMMAN — Last Saturday, the police in Taiz Governorate, Yemen, announced that the security forces managed to apprehend the perpetrators of the assassination of Mueed Hameedi, the Jordanian director of the World Food Program team, Ammon News reported.اضافة اعلان

The Yemeni Ambassador to Jordan, Jalal Faqira, said today, Wednesday, "We will announce the results of the investigation into the assassination of the UN official at the appropriate time."

The Jordanian citizen Mueed Hameedi, head of the World Food Program team, was killed on Friday, and a number of Yemeni citizens were injured by unknown armed assailants in the Turbah area, which is under the control of the internationally recognized government in the southwestern province of Yemen.

Mueed Hameedi, holding a Jordanian passport, had arrived in the city a few days before to begin his duties as the head of the program in the city.




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