ADEN – Gunmen killed two soldiers in the southern Yemen town of Zinjibar on Monday in separate shootings which a local official blamed on Al Qaeda.
The attacks came in different neighbourhoods of Zinjibar, the capital of restive Abyan province, the official said on condition of anonymity. “They bear the hallmark of Al Qaeda, which often attacks soldiers,” he added.
A hospital source confirmed the deaths of the two soldiers.
Militants of Al Qaeda have been increasingly active in Yemen, Osama bin Laden’s ancestral homeland. The south and east of the impoverished Arabian peninsula country have been particular targets.
