Saudi officer killed by landmine on Yemen border
Saudi officer killed by landmine on Yemen border
The blast also wounded three border guards, state media has announced.
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Riyadh has intervened in Yemen against Houthi rebels [Getty]
A landmine has killed a Saudi border guard along the kingdom's frontier with Yemen, where it is leading a coalition battling Houthi rebels, state media has reported.
The Saudi Press Agency said late on Monday that the blast also wounded three other guards in the kingdom's southern Jazan province.
Sporadic cross-border shelling has killed and wounded several civilians in Saudi Arabia since the Saudi-led coalition started its Yemen campaign in March 2015.
Since the war against Yemen's Houthi rebels began, more than 6,000 people in Yemen have been killed.
The United Nations says more than 80 percent of Yemenis are in dire need of food, water and other aid as a result of the conflict in the Arab world's poorest country.
The Saudi Press Agency said late on Monday that the blast also wounded three other guards in the kingdom's southern Jazan province.
Sporadic cross-border shelling has killed and wounded several civilians in Saudi Arabia since the Saudi-led coalition started its Yemen campaign in March 2015.
Since the war against Yemen's Houthi rebels began, more than 6,000 people in Yemen have been killed.
The United Nations says more than 80 percent of Yemenis are in dire need of food, water and other aid as a result of the conflict in the Arab world's poorest country.
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