Gunmen opened fire on Monday (November 24, 2025) on the Governor of Taiz's motorcade, killing at least five security officers and wounding two others, authorities said.
The attack, targeting Nabil Shamsan, happened on a key road linking Taiz to the rest of the country, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, a spokesperson for the province, told The Associated Press. He added that two assailants were killed in the shootout.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a statement, the Governor's office said security and military forces were working to bring those behind the attack to justice.
The province's capital, also named Taiz, has been a battleground pitting the Iranian-backed Houthis and other militias backed by the Islamist Islah party against each other as well as other factions in Yemen's civil war.
