Yemenis hold funeral for Yemen’s Supreme Political Council

Last updated Apr 28, 2018

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Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital, Sana’a, to hold a funeral procession for president of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council who was killed in Hodeida, last Thursday by Saudi airstrikes

The Yemenis gathered, mid sadness, in Al Sabain district on Saturday to pray tribute to Saleh al-Samad, who elected by democratic system and killed by A non-democratic system which supported by US

Saudi-led Coalition struck the people who gathered for procession of martyr President Al-Sammad by three raids, hitting near the funeral ceremony. There were no immediate reports of possible casualties

Yemenis hold pictures of Saleh al-Samad, a senior official from the Houthi Ansarullah movement who was killed in a Saudi airstrike, during a demonstration in the capital, Sana'a, on April 26, 2018. — Yemenis hold pictures of Saleh al-Samad, a senior official from the Houthi Ansarullah movement who was killed in a Saudi airstrike, during a demonstration in the capital, Sana’a, on April 26, 2018.

The demonstrators chanted slogans to send messages to the US ambassador, who said that Hodeidah is ready to receive invaders. On the contrary, they made it clear that the invaders will be received with rifles and daggers

Samad was an influential figure in resistance against a more-than-three-year-old war imposed by Riyadh on the impoverished country. He was also number two on the Saudi-led coalition’s most-wanted list

All Yemenis people held the US and Saudi Arabia responsible for Samad’s killing, saying, “this crime won’t go unanswered.”

The military campaign has killed and injured over 600,000 civilians, according to the latest figures released by the Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights