[Yemen Post] Three non-combatants were killed in a landmine kaboom in Abyan...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an
Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
, a province in south Yemen where the army drove out Al-Qaeda forces of Evil in the past few days, the interior ministry reported.
The landmine went
kaboom!while the victims were passing on the highroad during a tour to inspect their house in Zinjibar, the capital, after the battles between the army and the forces of Evil since mid-2011, it said.
After defeating Al-Qaeda forces of Evil and driving them from the key towns sized last year, the authorities started removing landmines planted by the krazed killers.
Today's casualties were the first amid warnings by the authorities the people should not rush back to their homes for now.
In the meantime, the defense ministry said technical teams are continuing removing thousands of landmines, which were planted by the forces of Evil at roads, entrances of towns, farms and where they were stationed.
"The technical teams have been urged to work around the clock to prevent similar incidents amid preparations by the authorities to help many families to return to their homes in Abyan," the ministry said.
In recent years, many civilians including children have been killed in landmine kabooms in south and north Yemen.