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A Saudi soldier looks through binoculars from a position at al-Dokhan mountain, on the Saudi-Yemeni border, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, on April 13, 2015. AFP
The soldier was killed in the southern border area of Jazan as an army post came under a barrage of gunfire. (File photo: AFP)

Houthi fire from Yemen kills Saudi soldier

The soldier was killed in the southern border area of Jazan as an army post came under a barrage of gunfire

Staff writer, Al Arabiya English
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Cross-border Houthi fire from Yemen has killed a soldier in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

The soldier was killed in the southern border area of Jazan as an army post came under a barrage of gunfire and shelling from the Houthi militia in northern Yemen, state news agency SPA quoted a ministry spokesman as saying on Sunday.

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