Sources: Hassan Zaid's daughter is under medical attention

English - Tuesday 27 October 2020 الساعة 04:54 pm
Sanaa, NewsYemen:

Medical sources denied the validity of a previous publication about the death of the daughter of Hussein Zaid, the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Houthi government, after she was injured in the assassination of her father on Tuesday, in Sana'a, which is under the control of Iran.

The sources said that the daughter of Hassan Zaid, who was wounded in the shooting, is (Salwa) and not (Sukaina), as NewsYemen quoted another medical source, in a previous report.

The sources also denied the news of the death of the daughter of "Zaid" following the injury, at a time when she confirmed that she was still in intensive care in a private hospital in Sana'a.

In the context, journalist Ahmed Qassem Al-Omari denied that the daughter of Houthi leader Hassan Zaid "Salwa" died in hospital due to her injury in the assassination of her father, Tuesday, in Sana'a.

Zaid's daughter is receiving treatment in the hospital," said Al-Omari, who works as an advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports in Sanaa.

Earlier on Tuesday, Hasan Zaid was assassinated in Haddah Street in central Sana'a, after he was shot while he was traveling in the car of his eldest daughter, "Sukaina", with his other daughter, "Salwa."

The Minister of Youth and Sports in the Houthi government was shot at on Haddah Street while he was accompanied by his daughter, who got out of the car terrified to seek help, while the gunmen fled, according to eyewitnesses quoted by Alaa Abdulkarim al-Khiwani.