Roadside Bomb Blast Kills 3 Soldiers In Southern Yemen
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Monday in a roadside bomb
explosion in the country's southern province of Abyan, a security
official told Xinhua, trend reports citing xinhua .
The incident occurred when elements detonated their roadside
bomb near an army patrol while passing through a road in the
Mudiyah district of Abyan, causing an explosion, the local security
official said on condition of anonymity.
The official confirmed that three soldiers were killed and two
others injured as a result of the bombing.
Local security soldiers and medical personnel were quickly
dispatched to the scene to assist the injured soldiers and secure
the area.
The explosion marks the latest in a series of similar attacks
against government soldiers in Abyan, with tensions continuing to
rise between government forces and terror elements of al-Qaida.
Several areas in Abyan and other neighboring southern provinces
have been a hotbed of activity for the al-Qaida group in recent
months, with frequent clashes between government forces and
militants.
The Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula network has
exploited years of deadly conflict between the Yemeni government
and the Houthi militia to expand its presence in the war-ravaged
Arab country. It has carried out many high-profile attacks against
the security forces in the country's southern provinces.
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