Armed people fired on two oil trucks on their way from Aden to Taiz on Friday night in the Karish district, Lahj, burning one of them and damaging the second.

The driver of the burned truck was unhurt, eyewitnesses said.

The eyewitnesses said the two trucks came under heavy fire by unidentified gunmen who had run away before the forces were dispatched to the scene.

The trucks were carrying petrol, but only of them caught fire and the second suffered damages, they said.

Later, forces were seen along the highway and a hunt was launched for the attackers operating in a very insecure region where many deadly and violent events have recently occurred.