A retired security official has been shot dead in the Kingdom's south, Jazan Police spokesman Col. Mohammed Harbi said in a statement. He said the shooting happened early Monday morning in Jazan province. Meanwhile, shelling from Yemen has killed a Saudi border guard on duty on the southern frontier, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. He died during a bombardment on Sunday evening of a border post in the Al-Harth sector of Jazan region, it said in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency. The ministry identified the border guard as Ayedh Hamed Muhammad Al-Zubaydi. More than 90 civilians and soldiers have died in shelling and skirmishes along the border since last March, when a Saudi-led coalition launched a military intervention in Yemen. The coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen said Sunday that the Kingdom has shot down a Scud missile fired from Yemen. The coalition said in a statement that Saudi air defenses intercepted the missile as it headed toward the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait. Separately, the United Arab Emirates said that one of its soldiers was killed and another was wounded while participating in coalition operations. — SG
