Yemen: a journalist killed in the explosion of his car in Aden

Saber Al-Haidari, a Yemeni journalist was killed when a bomb exploded in his car in Aden on June 15, 2022. © REUTERS - STRINGER

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A Yemeni journalist died Thursday, June 15 in the explosion of a bomb placed in his car in Aden in southern Yemen.

He is the second journalist killed in this way in less than a year in the city where Yemeni power has settled after being chased by the Houthis from the capital Sanaa.

We do not know today the author of this attack.

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Unknown persons "

 placed an explosive device in the car of journalist Saber Al-Haidari who works for various foreign media 

", said the government security official, on condition of anonymity.

The car exploded as the journalist was driving home to central Aden late Wednesday evening.

He was killed by the blow and other people in the vehicle were injured, according to this official.

Second murder in less than a year

This attack recalls, he added, the assassination in November 2021 of journalist Racha Abdallah, also killed in the explosion of the car of her husband, Mahmoud Al-Atmi, also a journalist, injured in the attack.

Both attacks have not been claimed.

For Sabrina Bennoui, head of the Middle East office of the NGO Reporters Without Borders, this assassination is a reminder of the daily struggle of Yemeni journalists at the heart of a war that has now lasted six years:

When these journalists work in an area controlled by such and such a force.

They must comply with the narrative and the official language elements, otherwise they risk reprisals.

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The war, sparked in 2014 by a rebel offensive, has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced, according to the UN.

It caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

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