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Tuesday 15 April 2014 - 06:12

Another Saudi guard is killed at Yemeni border

Story Code : 372964
Another Saudi guard is killed at Yemeni border
The guards came under heavy fire from the Yemeni side of the border at about 3 a.m. (0000 GMT) in the mountainous eastern part of Jizan province in the southwest, www.sabq.org said.

Local news website www.jazantoday.org said the border guards had exchanged fire with smugglers, but gave no further details.

The dead soldier has been identified as Alkhbrani Mohammed. The wounded soldier Alaziqi Mohammed, was rushed to the nearest hospital in Bani Malik."

A Saudi source confirmed there had been an incident at the border but gave no further details.

On Thursday two border guards in Asir province, next to Jizan, were killed by gunfire from over the Yemeni border.
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