ADEN, Jan 22 (NNN-SABA) – Two soldiers of Yemen’s government forces were killed, and four others injured, in an explosion in the country’s south-eastern oil-rich province of Shabwa, yesterday, a military official said.
A local military officer said that, an improvised explosive device (IED) on the roadside exploded, when a motorcade of military vehicles that escorted trucks carrying diesel, passed by in the Ar Rawdah district of Shabwa.
The IED, which was planted and remotely detonated by terrorists, also destroyed a military vehicle, the source said.
Security forces and a medical team were sent to the site and carried the wounded soldiers to a nearby hospital for treatment, he noted.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Yemen-based al-Qaeda 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 country. It frequently uses hit-and-run tactics against Yemeni government forces, while hiding out in rocky terrains and mountainous areas of Abyan and other neighbouring provinces, including Shabwa.– NNN-SABA
