Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants kill 27 people in Seyoun
At least 27 people were killed in an overnight raid by dozens of Al_Qaeda militants on Yemeni government buildings and military posts in Seyoun, the second largest city in the south-eastern Hadramout province.
“The gunmen targeted the main military posts, the local police headquarters and bank branches and briefly captured some buildings before they withdrew in the morning,” local officials said, Reuters reported.
Al-Qaeda has conducted many hit-and-run attacks since the Yemeni army drove it from its strongholds in Abyan and Shabwa provinces, also in the South, last month.