Security forces kill top wanted person in Aden

11/7/2012 -


Alsahwah.net-Yemen security forces killed on Wednesday a top wanted person, Sharaf Mahfooz during clashes between the forces and armed men of the Southern Movement.  

Violent clashes broke out on Wednesday morning as armed men shot fire and that pushed armored vehicles respond to that, local sources said.

Security services had posted a list of 27 wanted persons in late May, asserting that they will hunt them and bring them to justice.

Tensions erupted three weeks ago between security forces and supporters of the Southern Movement in which three persons were killed and 40 others including 10 soldiers were wounded.

Aden Online reported that Mahfooz had ties with the former southern president Ali Salem Al-Beidh, posting photos of the two persons while sitting together in Lebanon.

"Mahfooz along with a number of other southern leaders went to receive training in military and media fields in Beirut, and hold meetings with Al-Beidh during the few past months" it added.