AFP: At Least 24 Killed in Fresh Qaeda Assault in Yemen
At least 24 people were killed Monday as Al-Qaeda militants raided an army barracks, the latest in a spate of attacks by the terror network which has boosted its presence across Yemen’s lawless south and east.
“Fifteen Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in clashes with members of the 111th Brigade in Loder in Abyan province,” a stronghold of the terror network, the defence ministry 26sep.net reported.
A local source in the town of Jaar, where dead and wounded extremists are taken, said 10 militants were killed in the battle.
Five soldiers and four tribesmen fighting alongside the army also died, military and tribal sources said.