Elements belonging to the Houthi militia and those loyal to deposed president Ali Saleh in Yemen dared to abduct a political activist and writer from his home in Sanaa. According to Yemeni News Agency, which carried the news, the militias dragged the political activist to a police station in Sanaa for investigation, noting that the abduction comes as part of a systematic approach of the coup leaders to pursue and kidnap politicians opposing their policies.