Islamists seize third Yemeni town-residents

ADEN | Wed Aug 17, 2011

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Islamist militants have taken control of the southern Yemeni coastal town of Shaqra, the third town to fall into their hands, tribal sources and residents said on Wednesday.

The tribal sources said government forces had allowed the militants to seize the town with little resistance. The militants, which the government says have ties to al Qaeda, entered the town in cars from another city already under their control.