Saudi forces have reportedly shot and killed a Yemeni man and injured another along the border between the two neighboring countries.
A Yemeni tribal chief known as Hussein Abu Dadra said on Tuesday that the incident took place after Saudi troops clashed with a group of protesting Yemenis who had attacked construction workers building Saudi Arabia's security fence and opened fire on them.

�We fired on the construction company workers and the border guards fired back. We forced them to stop construction work,� Abu Dadra said.

�We were caught by surprise this morning when construction of the fence had resumed," he added.

Meanwhile, Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki rejected the report, saying �There is nothing at the border. Everything is normal.�

Since 2003, Saudi Arabia has been constructing a security fence along its border with Yemen in a bid to block the way of traffickers and militants trespassing from the western Asian country.

Yemen shares a 1,800-kilometer (1,118-mile) border with Saudi Arabia.

Last month, a Saudi border guard was wounded in a gun battle with three people trying to cross the kingdom's border illegally into Yemen.

Yemeni media accuse the Sana'a government of acting weakly in dealing with the issue of Yemeni citizens trying to enter Saudi Arabia, saying that the killing of Yemeni citizens entering the kingdom illegally has become a routine for Saudi border guards.

By Press TV

 

The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.