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| 5 Yemeni soldiers killed by Al-Qaeda |
| 2014-09-01 |
| [ARABNEWS] Suspected Al-Qaeda forces of Evil killed five Yemeni soldiers in two separate attacks Sunday, including a suicide boom-mobileing, in the second day of deadly operations against the military, army sources said. Three soldiers were killed in one attack when a jacket wallah rammed his vehicle against an army position in the southern Shabwa province town of Maifaa, one source told AFP. Almost at the same time two other soldiers were killed in nearby Azzan village when Al-Qaeda suspects opened fire with automatic weapons at another military post, another army source said. Witnesses said festivities erupted between the gunnies and soldiers after the Azzan attack. Early Saturday a double attack, also including a suicide boom-mobileing, targeted troops in southeast Yemen, leaving four soldiers dead. Ten Al-Qaeda suspects were also killed in an exchange of fire with soldiers at the Qatan army barracks in restive Hadramawt province. Also on Saturday a police officer was killed outside his home by gunnies who fired from a cycle of violence, with a local official blaming Al-Qaeda for the drive-by shooting. |
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