Car bombing kills nine Yemeni soldiers

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 19 Oktober 2012 | 15.02

AL-QAEDA militants have set off an explosives-laden car inside an army base in southern Yemen, killing at least nine soldiers.

The militants drove through several checkpoints at dawn on Friday, before entering the base of the Yemeni army's 115th brigade in Abyan province, where a drone raid killed at least seven al-Qaeda members the day before, military officials say.

"Four members of al-Qaeda with explosive belts... travelling in a military vehicle managed to pass through several army checkpoints to reach the camp" at Shaqra, 35km from the Abyan capital Zinjibar, one told AFP.

"Two soldiers were killed at the entrance of the base by the assailants who then continued their journey to the camp where three of the four occupants got out of their vehicle, while the driver blew himself up, killing seven soldiers," said the official.

The army killed two of the militants who got out, while the other managed to escape on foot.

The attack came 24 hours after rockets fired from a drone near the southern city of Jaar killed at least seven suspected members of the terror network, including a local leader.

Officials say al-Qaeda militants have been trying to position themselves near Yemen's main southern cities to carry out operations against the army and the Popular Resistance Committees, local pro-army militias.

In May, the army launched an all out offensive against al-Qaeda in Abyan province, forcing them to retreat from major strongholds including Jaar and Zinjibar.

The campaign was backed by US drones which in recent months have been deployed in strikes against al-Qaeda targets in the south and east of the country.

Thursday's strike was the second such drone attack this month.


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