Almotamar.net - Gunmen from the Yemeni Islah party in Hdeidah governorate attacked Friday a leading official from the General People's Congress (GPC) in the district of Al-Hali, Hudeidah.

Local sources mentioned that the GPC official Ammar Fuad Ali Abbas is now at a hospital for treatment from serious injuries in the head and limbs caused by being beaten with sticks and iron clubs by elements from the Islah party, one of the opposition parties with hardliner religious orientation after they have lured him out of his house Friday evening.

Te sources told almotamar.net that the attackers who were almost killing him have previously carried out similar attacks on a number of citizens in the district just because of their different political affiliations.

The sources also attributed the latest attack to former differences erupted between the GPC official and Islah elements during the presidential and local elections held last September.

Meanwhile, security men in the governorate were able to arrest the Islah official Abd Rebah al-Farawi the main suspect in this incident and he is being interrogated while they continue chasing the other elements accused in this attack.