Houthi minister shot dead‏

Minister of Youth and Sport in the unrecognized Houthi government, Hasan Zaid, was gunned down in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday, according to a rebel official.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on  Zeid in Hadda district in central Sanaa, Osama Sari, the undersecretary of the so-called Youth and Sport Ministry, said in a statement.

He said Zaid, 66, was transferred to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.