Separatist, son shot dead in southern Yemen

A Yemeni separatist, Naji bin Naji and his son Saleh were shot dead on their farm in the southern province of Dalea on Sunday, witnesses and media say.

In a separate incident also on Sunday, gunmen shot dead a Yemeni soldier who was standing guard at a police post in Shabwa Province, local media and witnesses said.

Tension between Yemeni security forces and southern secessionists protesting against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government has been on the rise in recent weeks, accompanied by widespread arrests and casualties on both sides.

In 1990, North and South Yemen formally united. However, many in the south, where most of impoverished Yemen's oil facilities are located, complain northerners have used unification to seize resources and discriminate against them.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122526§ionid=351020206.