Yemeni tribes deny attempt to assassinate major-general
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 08/04/2011
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Yemeni tribal Sheiks and dignitaries of Sanhan, Bani Bahlol and Bilad al-Rus tribes have mocked claims alleged by Major-General Ali Muhsen Saleh that they had tried to assassinate him.
A delegation of tribal Sheiks and dignitaries had attempted to convince Major-General Ali Muhsen Saleh to turn away from supporting opposition parties and back to the constitutional legitimacy. In a statement, they said that the allegations are ridiculous and an attempt to mislead and distort facts and cover up the heinous and treacherous crime suffered by the mediation delegation of Sanhan, Bani Bahlol and Bilad al-Rous, causing the killing of one person and injury of more than 80 people.They added that all members of the delegation were unarmed.They went on to say that their mediation was with good wells aiming at achieving peace and protecting Yemen from sedition.In addition, they accused Iman University militias and soldiers of the 1st Armoured Division of shooting fire on people within mediation delegation from all sides using different guns.They confirmed that perpetrators of the crime will receive their just punishment for those bloods spilled.They urged the prosecutor general to undertake his tasks to probe this outrageous crime and to arrest the perpetrators
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