Al Qaeda executes 15 Yemen soldiers: military

August 09, 2014 03:52

Al Qaeda militants have abducted and executed 15 Yemeni soldiers in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military official said.

The latest bloodshed comes a day after 11 suspected Al Qaeda militants and four Yemeni soldiers were killed Thursday in attacks on two army posts in the restive province.

The soldiers were in a bus when they were ambushed "by an Al Qaeda commando" near the town of Shibam, said the official yesterday, adding that the men were taken to the nearby village of Huta and executed.

The men were on leave when they came under attack, the official said, adding that the army had sent reinforcements to Huta in search of the perpetrators.

Yesterday's attack is the latest in a line of assaults on the army in the Hadramawt region.

On Wednesday, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for many attacks on the army in the south and southeast of Yemen that have killed 20 soldiers.

AQAP is considered by Washington as the most dangerous affiliate of the jihadist network.

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