Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack Kills 20 Yemeni Forces in Abyan, Says Southern Military

Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack Kills 20 Yemeni Forces in Abyan, Says Southern Military
Yemen soldiers patrol the street in Abyan province, Yemen, in a file photo. AFP via Getty Images
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ADEN—Al-Qaeda terrorists killed some 20 Yemeni security force members in an assault in the southern Abyan province on Tuesday, a southern military spokesperson said, before all eight attackers were killed.

The terrorists used rocket-propelled grenades, light, and medium weapons, and military vehicles in the ambush on a security checkpoint in Ahwar district, Mohammed al-Naqib, spokesperson for Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces, told Reuters.