A senior Interior Ministry official confirmed to the Yemen Post that UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar escaped an assassination attempt Friday evening while his convoy was on Shurta St. of the capital Sanaa.

A top National Dialogue official and Houthi spokesperson Hasan Al-Hamran confirmed the attack on the UN envoy and the NDC secretary general to Yemen Post.

The official said that National Dialogue Conference (NDC) Secretary General Dr Ahmed Ben Mubarak was with the UN envoy at the time of the attack.

No suspects have been arrested for the shooting.