Yemeni security forces killed a suspected militant who was on a government list of wanted al-Qaida figures, and arrested four others in a raid on a house in a remote mountainous province, the region's governor said Wednesday.Elsewhere in Shabwa province, suspected al-Qaida fighters ambushed a patrol before dawn Wednesday, killing two members of the security forces and wounding four others, officials said.
Shabwa's governor, Ali Ahmadi, identified the slain militant as Abdullah Mihzar, a native of the province who was on a government list of wanted al-Qaida figures. Ahmadi told reporters he was killed in a raid on a house Tuesday night. During the fighting, Mihzar was killed, four others were arrested, but the rest escaped, the officials said.