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March 25, 2012
Agence France Presse
ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen have killed an army officer and wounded
two soldiers in an ambush in southern Yemen, a military official said Sunday.
The ambush, which took place on Saturday, targeted an army convoy east
of the city of Huta, in the province of Lahij, the official told AFP requesting
anonymity.
The convoy was on its way to reinforce a checkpoint in the suburb of
Hamra after it came under attack by Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen, who are active in
the region, the official added.
A medical official at Aden's Basohayeb military hospital said the
officer, Major Kamal al-Ashwal, died of a bullet wound to his stomach.
The Islamists have exploited a central government weakened by a year of
anti-regime protests to strengthen their presence in Yemen, launching deadly
attacks against security forces, especially across the south and southeast.
The United States says the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula, or AQAP, is the most active branch of the global terror network.
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