Aden (South24) 

This morning, a prominent commander in the Backup and Support forces was injured due to shots fire in an assassination attempt by an unidentified gunmen at Salah al-Din area, Aden.

Witnesses and journalist sources told "South24" that an unidentified gunmen shot Brigadier General Abdulhakim Al-Cubi while he was walking out of his house Thursday morning and injured him in the head.

"Paramedics transformed Al-Cubi to one of Aden's hospital and he's in a critical condition", according to the local YafaNews website.

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