Daily Mail: Former president of Yemen is shot dead after gunmen blast his car with a grenade launcher
* Ali Abdullah Saleh have been killed by Houthi rebels in Yemeni capital Sanaa
* His car was blasted with a rocket-propelled grenade, and he was then shot
* Saleh, 75, was President of Yemen for more than 30 years, until 2011
* He and his forces were aligned with the Houthi rebels until last week
* Saleh supporters and Houthi have been fighting in Sanaa since Wednesday
* Meanwhile, the capital has come under fire from Saudi-led coalition warplanes
Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in fighting with the Iran-aligned Houthi militia raging in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
The 75-year-old was killed outside the capital Sanaa, along with the assistant secretary-general of his General People's Congress party (GPC), party officials confirmed.
Sources in the Houthi group said fighters stopped Saleh's armoured vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade-launcher as he was fleeing the capital, and then shot him dead.
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WNU Editor: It looks like they had executed him.
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