枪手伏击也门的塔伊兹州长, 在一次高速公路袭击中杀害五名安全人员。 Gunmen ambushed Yemen's Taiz governor, killing five security officers in a highway attack.

枪手袭击了也门西南部一条主要公路上的塔伊兹州长Nabil Shamsan的车队,打死至少5名警卫,打伤另外2人。 Gunmen attacked the motorcade of Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan on a major highway in southwestern Yemen, killing at least five security officers and wounding two others. 两名袭击者在枪战中丧生,但没有一个团体声称对此负责。 Two attackers were killed in the shootout, but no group has claimed responsibility. 州长办公室说,安全部队正在追击袭击背后的人。 The governor’s office said security forces are pursuing those behind the assault. 塔伊兹(Taiz)是具有战略意义的城市和运输枢纽, 自2014年起成为也门内战的热点, 胡塞叛军自2016年以来一直维持封锁。 Taiz, a strategic city and transportation hub, has been a flashpoint in Yemen’s civil war since 2014, with Houthi rebels maintaining a blockade since 2016. 胡塞和沙特阿拉伯之间最近事实上的停火减少了大规模袭击,但暴力在该地区继续存在。 A recent de facto ceasefire between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia has reduced large-scale attacks, but violence persists in the region.