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Gunmen kill senior intelligence officer in Yemen's Aden

Xinhua, January 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

A military intelligence colonel was killed in a drive-by shooting in Yemen's southern port province of Aden on Sunday, a security official source said.

The assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire from silenced weapons at the officer near his house in Aden's neighborhood of Mansourah, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The slain officer had been working for Aden's International Airport, the source said.

Witnesses confirmed to Xinhua that the masked assassins fled the scene after the attack.

On Tuesday, governor of Yemen's Aden Major General Aidarous Zubaidi and senior military commanders escaped unharmed a suicide bomb attack on their convoy, which left two guards dead and several others injured.

Last week, the Yemeni security authorities imposed renewable curfew in Aden after armed confrontations with militants over the control of the city's main seaport and the international airport.

The step, according to officials of the Supreme Security Committee of Aden, was taken as a precaution to maintain law and order and confront armed groups that seek to undermine stability in the city.

The port city of Aden, Yemen's temporary capital, has been witnessing a state of chaos and lawlessness during the past months, which resulted in the assassination of Aden's governor, several security officers and judges.

Yemen, an impoverished Arab country, has been gripped by one of the most active regional al-Qaida insurgencies in the Middle East and the affiliate of the Islamic State (IS).

The security situation in the country has deteriorated since March when war broke out between the Shiite Houthi group, supported by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the government backed by a Saudi-led Arab coalition.

More than 6,000 people have been killed in ground battles and air strikes since then, half of them civilians. Endit