Sana'a (Debriefer) - The Houthi interior ministry late on Saturday disclosed that its policemen in Odain beating a Yemeni woman to death in the central governorate of Ibb, and that they were suspended until the crime is fully probed.
A committee, formed by the ministry to investigate the incident, concluded in its initial report that Odain police director sent a 6-manned patrol to arrest Mohamed al-Oshari over many thefts and inspected his house, the ministry's spokesman said in a statement.
The report blames the Odain police department for breaching applicable procedures, including the Prosecution inspection permit, Abdul Khaliq al-Ajri added, as "probes are underway on how Khitam al-Oshari, wife of the wanted, died, and the committee waits the forensic medicine report."
Houthi elements raided al-Oshari house late on Thursday, a family member told AP on Friday. "When they did not find her husband they kicked the woman and beat her with sticks and the backs of their pistols until she died."
Broadly circulated by activists on social media, photos of al-Oshari's children crying beside her coffin attracted public opinion.
The Houthi killing of al-Oshari at her house and in front of her children is a heinous crime clearly reflecting the group's nature, the Yemeni official prime minister, Maeen Abdulmalek said Friday.
