Sadmi & Udaini Assaulted [Archives:2000/36/Local News]

Mr. Yehya Al-Sadmi, a journalist working for the “26th September” Armed Forces weekly , was exposed to an attempted assassination by a group of six persons in a Sana’a street last week. The armed men who were in a car tried to fire at him after fatally assaulting him. Had it not been for the bypassers, he would have been dead.
The Defense weekly denounced the assault and described it as a criminal act. It called upon the security apparatus to track down the assailants and bring them to trial.
Meanwhile the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) expressed its resentment at the denial issued by the Security Director of Ibb Province as he refuted security forces’ connection with the last week assault at journalist Mohammed Sadeq Al-Udaini’s residence and his family members.
Syndicate sources reiterated that the Director, in a telephone call with the Dean of Journalists had admitted the assault saying it was a mistake and that he would personally look into the matter as the action was not premeditated. The sources added that Udain District Director and the Director of Political Security did offer their apology and slaughtered an animal according to the tribal norms.
Security forces used machine guns and other weapons while attacking Mr. Udaini’s residence inflicting heavy damages and injuring some members of his family. In the past Udaini himself was imprisoned at the Ibb Central Prison for two years. Although released, he was assaulted on several occasion for his opinions which appear in local press columns.

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