Mubasher: Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed on Monday in the Yemeni capital Sanaa after days of intense street fighting brewing between his forces and Houthi rebels, CNN reported.
Pictures and videos were published online affirming Saleh’s death and showed severe wounds in his head.
Houthi rebels had taken control of the interior ministry and released a statement announcing Saleh’s death, the CNN said.
"The militias of treason are finished and their leader has been killed," the statement said.
Previously, the United Nations called for urgent negotiations to put an end to the Yemeni crisis that resulted in severe problems including huge number of deaths and refugees.
After the Yemen’s crisis, the UN announced that there are more than 17 million people suffer food insecurity and critical illnesses, the CNN report added.
