A native of Al-Ahkoom district of Abb province, 40, Abdul Slam Al-Hakami, who tried to rape a women at her apartment in the area, has been killed as the victim pulled a gun and fired at his head, local sources revealed the Yemen Post.

The rapist tried to grab her, threw her to the ground and began punching her. Her screams didn't stop until a man in a nearby building heard and ran outside to help, the same sources said.

As the door was being beaten by neighbors, the victim, 30-year-old woman, pulled a gun from the rapist waistband, and fired at his head, said the sources.