Professor Mohammed Aklan, Vice President of the University of Aden for Postgraduate Studies Affairs, and a leader in the Yemeni Islah Party office in Aden, was subjected to a heinous assassination attempt targeting him this morning, Thursday, November 4, 2021.
Unidentified armed men in a blue Santa Fe car showered fire toward him while he was driving his car after he left his house heading toward the University of Aden.
The incident took place in 50th Street in Mansoura, near the Technical City area where he lives.
He sustained wounds in his shoulder and scattered shrapnel on his whole body.
The people who gathered in the incident scene transported him to Doctors Without Borders hospital where he underwent surgery to stop the bleeding. Professor Aklan is at the end of his sixth decade and suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes.
Yemen's political and social groups denounced the sinful assassination bid. The University of Aden condemned the attack in an extraordinary meeting.
Until now, the role of the Security Authorities are performing poorly in following up the case and carrying out legal procedures.
Personal Biography of Aklan:
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Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Aklan was born in Aden
He was one of the top first students at the general secondary stage at the level of Aden secondary schools
He was sent to study medicine in Germany, where he specialized in internal medicine.
He practiced his profession as a medicine doctor.
Then, in 1994, he was appointed a Director General of the Health Bureau of Aden Governorate.
Then he became a university professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Aden.
Then he was appointed as Vice President of the University of Aden by a republican decision.
Dr. Mohammed was a leader in the Islah Party of Aden Goverorate, where he was the head of the party between (2002 - 1994)
Currently, Dr. Aklan is the chairman of The party's Shura Council Aden branch.
Dr. Aklan ran for parliamentary elections as a rep. of the Islah Party in 2003 for the city of Al-Mualla. Despite the announcement of his victory in the elections, the announcement of the result was falsified and his victory was dropped.