Almotamar.net - Security men in the capital Sana'a on Thursday arrested two persons accused of attacking a leading member and head of the woman sector of the General People's Congress (GPC) of the constituency 17 Ms Shafia al-SSaraji who is also member of the local council of the district as well as a school headmistress.

Head of the GPC branch of the local constituency in Shuoub district Abdulalim al-Barakani, in a statement to almotamar.net did not rule out political motives behind the attack. He also expected that the accused persons will be sent to the general prosecution in a few days and he denounced at the same time the silence of the educational sector at the district of Shuoub and the union of the educational professions in the capital about the incident.

Teachers of 17 July School had the day before yesterday staged a sit-in at the courtyard of the ministry of education in solidarity and protest to the assailing on the headmistress of the school.
The teachers demanded the immensity of education and security authorities for quick disclosure and arrest of the assailants and those who are behind them in defence of the teacher rights.
The school headmistress was beaten by a male gang on Sunday morning while she was on her way to school. The attack caused the victim several injuries at different parts of her body.