Southern movement behind killing, riots in Aden, official says

ADEN, Feb. 18 (Saba)
- Deputy Interior Minister Hussein al-Zawa'ari said on Friday the armed separatist
movement
was behind the killings and riots taken place in Aden governorate on Wednesday.
Al-Zawa'ari told the GPC-run almotamar.net that Aden has witnessed daily protests
protected with security forces, until a number of the separatist movement's armed
members
taken part in the Wednesday demonstration.
The armed members have assaulted the Local Council headquarters in Mansoura
district of Aden and burning the cars in, he said.
Many of armed elements entered Aden from neighboring governorates shot fire against
security forces and peaceful demonstrators in Mansoura and Sheikh Othman districts,
al-Zawa'ari
added.
Noteworthy, President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered on Thursday to form a committee to
investigate the fateful events occurred in some zones of Mansoura district.
The riots left a number of killed and injured people, attacking private proprieties
and burning some cars.
HA/AF