Security official dies after assassination attempt by al Qaeda

A senior security official dies after being seriously injured in an assassination attempt carried out by al-Qaeda militants in Marib province east of Yemen, said an official statement Friday.
 
“Colonel Mohammed Fare’e deputy chairman of the criminal investigations in Marib province pass away as a result of  his injuries in the early afternoon Friday at the hospital of Police in Sana’a,” said the official statement.
 
On Thursday August 26,2010, a  group of gunmen believed to be al Qaeda operatives seriously injured Fare’e after opening fire on him with machine guns while he was leaving his house in Marib. Fare’e is also working as the director for combating drugs in Marib province.
 
Colonel Fare’e is the second security officials to be assassinated this year and the fifth since 2007 in Marib province. Al Qaeda has been accused of carrying out the previous assassinations.
 
Meanwhile, security officials said Friday in a statement they arrested two al Qaeda suspects in Abayn province.
 
Jihad Abdullah Fakeerah, 25, was arrested with an explosive belt in his possession while driving his car while on his way to the town of Lawdar.
 
The statement said that Fakeerah admitted that he was on his way to carry out a suicide operation with orders from al Qaeda leader called Alawi Alawi al-Saqqaf. Lawdar, an al Qaeda stronghold in Abyan has  witnessed fierce confrontations during the last week between al Qaeda operatives and security forces. More than 30 people were killed including 19 al Qaeda militants.
 
The official statement also said that an al Qaeda militant named Saeed was arrested in Zinjubar, the capital of Abyan, with weapons in his possession.

Saeed is one those suspected of killing four police men and injuring two others in an attack on Wednesday August 25th, 2010, in Zinjubar.

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