EU joins outcry over execution of nine men by Yemen's Houthis

FILE PHOTO: Policemen prepare a man, convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of top Houthi leader Saleh al-Samad, to be executed at Tahrir Square in Sanaa, Yemen September 18, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

ADEN (Reuters) - The European Union joined a chorus of international criticism on Monday over the execution of nine men by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen following their conviction for involvement in the killing of the group's top civilian leader.

Saleh al-Samad, who held the post of president in the Houthi-controlled administration which runs most of northern Yemen, was killed in April 2018 by a Saudi-led coalition air strike in the port city of Hodeidah on Yemen's west coast.