Al-Qaeda militant arrested, soldier killed, four injured

A foreign al-Qaeda suspect was arrested in the southern Yemeni  province of Abyan, said the ministry of interior on Saturday.
 
Jaber Ali Al Qaifi, 27, an Arab, was arrested in Mukairas area while riding a motorcycle from the town of Lawdar where fierce confrontations between al-Qaeda and the Yemen security forces killed more than 30 people including 19 militants and 11 soldiers earlier last month.
 
On Friday, al-Qaeda suspect Saleh Ali Abdullah Al Dabani, 20, was arrested at a security check point in Amshak, Lawdar district, while riding a motorcycle, according to an official statement.
 
Meanwhile, one soldier was killed and four others were injured in two separate attacks by al-Qaeda operatives and separatists in the southern provinces of Abyan and Lahj, the ministry of interior said Saturday.
 
Soldier Mohammed Taher was killed and soldier Abdullah Ali Abu Bakr was injured when al-Qaeda operatives attacked a patrol station in Amoudia area in Abyan province late Friday around  Iftar (Ramadan dinner) , said the ministry’s statement.
 
Three more soldiers were injured when outlaws as well as separatists attacked a security check point at the area of Sawad Shalik in Lahj late Friday according to the statement.
 
Yemeni officials say that al-Qaeda militants and separatists are in full cooperation and are coordinating to undermine the security and stability of the south.
 
“Al-Qaeda and separatist movement are two faces of the same terrorist coin,” said an official statement Friday commenting on the latest bloody  incidents  which were mostly  claimed by al- Qaeda.

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