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Yemen’s Ansarullah warns aggressors of retribution after brutal murder

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has condemned the ongoing acts of aggression against the impoverished country, saying they erode any chance for dialog to bring an end to a devastating Saudi war and inhumane blockade.

Ansarullah spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam made the remarks in a post on his Twitter account on Friday after new UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg called for “peaceful dialog” among the warring parties.

The call came amid reports that UAE militias had kidnapped, tortured and killed a Yemeni youth at a checkpoint in southwestern Lahij province.

Abdul Malik al-Sanabani had returned to his homeland to visit his family in Sana’a after years of studying in the US, but UAE militias accosted him and accused him of being an Ansarullah member.

“With the siege, the mercenaries of the aggression in the occupied areas are blocking roads and committing crimes against travelers, the last of which is the kidnapping and killing of Abdul Malik al-Sanbani. Such move is strongly rejected and condemned,” Abdul-Salam tweeted.

“The aggressor forces bear full responsibility. The continuation of this situation with the excessive brutality negates any opportunity for dialog before ending the siege and stopping the aggression,” he added.

Sanabani was reportedly killed by militias from the so-called Ninth Brigade “Thunderbolt” of the UAE-backed transitional council in the town of Tur al-Baha in the Lahj governorate.

The murder was preceded by propaganda published by media outlets loyal to the transitional council, according to which a “Houthi” had been arrested in possession of a sum of money in US dollars.

It provoked widespread anger and condemnation on social media, with demands to arrest the killers and stop the suffering of travelers especially from Yemen’s north at checkpoints manned by UAE militias.

“They have made the south an arena for plots, assassinations, and armed gangs that have run out of all laws, norms, and human morals,” Yemeni journalist Ahmed Jaafan al-Subaihi said of the UAE militias.

“The accountability must be comprehensive for the killers and those who finance them and provide them with political and institutional cover…,” he added.

Yemeni journalist Samir Al-Nimri published pictures of the young Abdul Malik before and after the crime on his Twitter account.

Yemen is shocked from end to end after the heinous crime perpetrated by UAE militias by kidnapping, torturing and killing the young man #AbdulMalik_AlSanbani Returning from abroad in America on charges of owning dollars, taking a selfie and renting his own car.

Photos before, during and after his abduction. pic.twitter.com/PhDs81lGlp

— Sameer Alnamri (@sameer_alnamri) September 10, 2021

Yemeni writer Anis Mansour announced a wide media campaign in solidarity with the family of the victim, through the hashtag #Transitional_Criminal_Treason_Basnabani.

This Friday evening, we will have a wide media campaign in solidarity with the family of the late martyr #AbdulMalik_AlSanbani May God have mercy on the hashtag #Transitional_criminal_treachery_Banabani
We hope to circulate, interact and participate, as the issue is a public opinion and a war that targeted an expatriate wayfarer

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