Soldiers get martyred in suspected Al-Qaeda attacks in Abyan
SMA NEWS – Mudiyah
At least four Soldiers of the southern armed forces were martyred on Sunday evening in a suspected Al-Qaeda attack in Abyan as a result of its campaign against Al-Qaeda elements in the governorate.
The latest attacks follow an operation by the Security Belt force in Abyan, where southern forces have been targeted.
“The attack occurred while soldiers were patrolling following up and pursuing terrorist elements in Wadi al-Rafd outside Wadi Omran in the Mudiyah district… where extremist elements are active,” a military spokesman for the STC, Mohammed Al-Naqib said.
“It is clear that the terrorist elements are being brought in by parties connected to the Houthi group, to try to restore their influence, at least with the explosive devices they are planting in more than one area in Abyan,” Al-Naqib claimed.
Hours before that attack, four soldiers from Shabwa Defence Forces were killed when an explosive device targeted an ambulance in Al-Musaina, west of the Shabwa governorate.
