Attempted murder of girl in Yemen’s Taiz spurs security concern

Attempted murder of girl in Yemen’s Taiz spurs security concern

A young girl was subjected to an attempted assassination on Tuesday in the city of Taiz, southwest Yemen, in an incident that has sparked widespread condemnation and renewed calls for stricter security measures and the protection of civilians, particularly children. Local sources told The New Arab that the girl, Asmaa Nazim al-Aqlani, a 12-year-old seventh-grader, was stabbed in the chest with a knife while leaving Saba School in the al-Ajeenat …