A former British army officer and an Australian are among eight foreign mercenaries killed in Yemen this week fighting Ansarullah movement and the Yemeni people, the British newspaper The Times reported.

A former British army officer and an Australian are among eight foreign mercenaries killed in Yemen this week fighting Ansarullah movement and the Yemeni people, the British newspaper The Times reported.

The two were leading a team of Colombian soldiers secretly employed by the United Arab Emirates to contribute to the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen, military sources told The Times.

The British Cornel Arthur Kingstone and the Australian Philip Stateman were ambushed while they were leading a group of mercenaries towards al-Omari military camp in Aden.

Kingstone and Stateman used to work for the International Black Water company which offers security services and is entitled to protect UAE from terrorist attacks.