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One soldier killed, al-Qaida militant surrenders to authorities in S.Yemen
(Xinhua) -- At least one soldier was killed and another one was maimed in a "terrorist attack targeting a police vehicle in Zinjibar city of the troubled southern province of Abyan Friday evening," the ruling party's website said."A group of al-Qaida gunnies riding cycle of violences opened a hail of bullets at the police vehicle carrying food for the soldiers stationing at a checkpoint in Zinjibar, the provincial capital city of Abyan, killing one soldier and injured another," almotamr. net said on Friday. Meanwhile, in the same province, an al-Qaida Islamic myrmidon surrendered to the Yemeni security authorities on Friday in the flashpoint city of Lodar of Abyan, state news agency Saba reported. Lodar is believed to be a stronghold of al-Qaida forces in the Arabian Peninsula, which witnessed a series of deadly battles between suspected al-Qaida fighters and security forces late last month, leaving dozens of both sides dead or injured. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-04 |
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