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Saudi border guard killed by Yemen's Houthis: Interior Ministry

Xinhua, April 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Saudi border guard was killed by heavy fire and mortar shells launched from Yemen, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Monday.

Houthis fired mortar shells on a border control site in Jazan Region late on Sunday, leaving two other border guards wounded, a spokesman for the ministry was quoted by Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying.

Earlier in April, the kingdom announced the death of five border guards and the injury of several others in heavy shootings across the Yemeni border by the Houthi group.

Saudi land forces have been clashing with Houthis along the border area in Jazan and Najran sectors since the start of an air campaign, dubbed Decisive Storm, on March 26.

Saudi Arabia is leading the military operation to thwart the the Houthi group's bid to seize power from President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was forced to flee abroad.

The operation's spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri, said earlier that the border guards and Saudi Army are fighting groups of people from Yemen who randomly shoot across Saudi borders. Endit