Democracy in Yemen

Gulf News via Armies of Liberation:

A campaigner and relative of one of the presidential candidates was killed on Tuesday by unknown gunmen.

It is the second election-related violence since the beginning of campaigning for the presidential and local elections, scheduled to be held on September 20.

Adel Al Majeedi, nephew of the independent presidential candidate Ahmad Al Majeedi, was shot dead in his house in Al Huta, south of the country, according to a statement issued by Al Majeed’s campaign committee.

And a few days ago:

In the first incident on August 25, three Yemenis were killed and eight others were wounded in a shootout between supporters of different candidates.