(AFP)
June 5, 2012
ADEN — Five Al-Qaeda militants died in southern
Yemen on Tuesday when the car bomb they aimed to set off exploded prematurely,
a local official said.
"The accidental explosion occurred in
Shaqra (in Abyan province) and killed five extremist fighters," the
official said.
Yemeni forces launched an all-out offensive on
May 12 aimed at reclaiming the provincial capital Zinjibar and other towns and
cities lost to Al-Qaeda over the past year.
Al-Qaeda sometimes uses car bombs against the
army and its militia supporters.
On Monday, a suicide bomber blew up a car at a
checkpoint in Abyan on Monday, killing four pro-army gunmen, a member of a
pro-military auxiliary militia said.