Yemen: Al-Qaeda killed 22 soldiers in Hadhramawt province
Officials in the south-eastern province of Hadhramawt have confirmed on Monday that unknown armed men attacked a military-manned checkpoint east of the regional capital of Mukalla. Saba (news state agency) already reported that an estimated 20 men had already died in the violent clashes, a number which could substantially grow higher as the military will work to assess its losses and identify the dead.
“Twenty soldiers were killed in the armed attack on an army checkpoint near Reida, 135 kilometres east of the provincial capital Mukalla in the south,” Saba wrote.
Although al-Qaeda has not, as yet claimed responsibility for Monday attack, military experts have already noted that the ambush against the military very much bore the hallmarks of the terror group. In typical al-Qaeda fashion, armed militants were seen by eye witnesses travelling on board several vehicles as they approached the checkpoint.