Shi'ite And Sunni Muslims Fighters Agreed To A Ceasefire On Monday After 100 Killed

Shi'ite, Sunni Fighters In Yemen Agree Ceasefire After 100 Killed -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims fighters agreed to a ceasefire on Monday after days of clashes in a northern Yemeni town in which at least 100 combatants and civilians were killed.

Overnight shelling had added to the death toll, a Sunni Salafist spokesman said.

A Red Cross delegation had managed to enter the town of Damaj to treat and evacuate those wounded in the fighting, but a translator with the team was shot and killed, he said.

The ceasefire was announced by the U.N. envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, according to the state news agency.

"We hope that there will be a permanent cease fire and that the problem will be solved for good," Benomar said.

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