Qaeda Suspects Kill Yemen Intel Officer

Local Editor

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in the restive southern province of Lahij, a security source said on Friday.

"On Thursday night Al-Qaeda gunmen shot Rashid al-Hawi, commander of the intelligence service, killing him on the spot near his home in Huta," the source said.

At approximately the same time in another part of Huta, police colonel Abdelkader al-Daqf survived an attack by al-Qaeda insurgents, but one of his relatives was killed, according to the same source.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team