Yemen: Gunman Kills Man Suspected of Being Gay

SANAA - A Yemeni security official says a gunman in the southern province of Lahj killed a man suspected of being of gay, the latest in a series of attacks on homosexuals in the conservative Muslim country.

Eyewitness Ahmed Hadi told The Associated Press that Waleed Saleh Awedan, 25, was shot by a man riding a motorbike near his home Monday evening. The official spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to brief reporters.

At least 34 people have been killed in similar attacks in the past two years, many in the southern provinces which have been under intermittent al-Qaida control. Homosexuality is a crime in Yemen.

Also Tuesday, the security director of Aden province, Naguib al-Moughlis, said that two soldiers were killed in a firefight between security forces and unknown attackers.