On Tuesday, the security services in Shabwa Governorate, southeast of Yemen, arrested a terrorist cell linked to the Houthi militia that carried out terrorist operations during the month of October.

A security source said that the Houthi cell was also preparing to carry out terrorist operations targeting senior leaders in Shabwa governorate, including Governor Awad al-Wazir, leaders of the Arab Coalition, Shabwa Defense Forces, Giants Brigades, and military and security leaders, according to what was reported by the official Yemeni News Agency.

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The source also indicated that the Houthi cell planted, during last October, two explosive devices, the first targeting a group belonging to the task force in the Giants Brigade Forces in Ataq, and its explosion resulted in the injury of the crew's driver and street vendors, in addition to material damage to citizens' cars.

Also, on the twentieth of the same month, the cell detonated another explosive device placed on the corner of the road on Al-Shaheed Qatan Street and targeted a group that was carrying a former security director in the governorate, killing his son, wounding three others, and causing material damage to the shops and homes of citizens, at a time when the security services managed to From the discovery and dismantling of a number of improvised explosive devices.