Gunmen in Yemen's capital kill Shiite rebel on national panel mapping out Arab nation's future
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Security officials in Yemen say two gunmen riding a motorcycle have killed a Shiite-rebel representative on the country's national dialogue conference.
The officials said Friday that Abdel Karim Gadban, a representative of Ansar Allah, the political arm of the Shiite Hawthis rebels, was killed while leaving a mosque in the capital, Sanaa. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to brief reporters.
Ansar Allah leader Abdel Karim el-Khaywani said the killing was an attempt to hinder the work of the national dialogue conference, which is tasked with mapping out the Arab nation's future.
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Hawthis rebels also have been fighting for months with ultraconservative Salafis in Yemen's restive north. A government-brokered cease-fire has been repeatedly broken since it was established earlier in November.