A Houthi gunman has killed and injured four members of his family in central Yemen's Ibb governorate, in the latest of episode of parricide crimes.
Sources in Ibb's Al-Qafr district, said Houthi militant Haitham Muhammad Al-Ashawi opened fire on a number of his female relatives north of Ibb, today killing his aunt and seriously wounding his wife, daughter and mother-in-law.
According to the sources the gunman's aunt, Zahra Al-Ashawi died reportedly died on the spot, while the rest injured women were hospitalized in critical health condition.
The sources said the Houthi militant had participated in several sectarian radicalization courses run by Yemen's foreign-backed Shiit terror group who control most north Yemen with foreign support.
Houthi terrorists have recented stepped up the recruitment of fighters and students to their radicalization centers under the pretext of joining military operations against Israeli vessels sailing in the Red Sea, a stage play Yemen's Shiit militants had agreed upon with some countries.