Friday, May 13, 2011

Yemen: 7 soldiers, 3 police killed

SANAA, 13th May: Suspected al-Qaida militants killed seven soldiers in two separated attacks on Friday in Yemen's troubled provinces of Marib and Shabwa, local security officials said.

In Marib, militants killed four soldiers and injured several others in an ambush on a military convoy in Sarwah district, a local official said.

Elsewhere in the southern province of Shabwa, another group of suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a security checkpoint in Baihan district on Friday, killing three policemen and injuring another one, a local police official said.

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