Soldiers of the Republican Guard march during the graduation ceremony for the first batch of a Personal Protection Battalion in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on December 23, 2012. Gunmen shot dead a high-ranking Yemeni army officer Monday in the country's southeastern Hadramawt province as he was heading to work, a military official told AFP. (AFP/File)
ADEN (AFP) – Gunmen shot dead a high-ranking Yemeni army officer Monday in the country's southeastern Hadramawt province as he was heading to work, a military official told AFP.
The unknown assailants opened fire on Colonel Ahmed al-Suhaili, commander of a military camp in Hadramawt's city of Seiyun, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The defence ministry confirmed the attack on its website 26sept.net and said Suhaili responded by shooting at the assailants who were in a vehicle and wounded one of them before he died.
It said a search was on to hunt down the attackers but did not blame any particular group for the assault on Suhaili.
Members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the network's deadliest branch, frequently carry out hit-and-run attacks against intelligence and army officials, especially in the lawless south and east.
They generally use unregistered motorbikes to facilitate their escape.
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