Militants attack intelligence headquarters in southern Yemen leaving 2 dead, official says
By Ahmed El-haj, APWednesday, July 14, 2010
Yemen militants attack intelligence HQ in south
SAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni official says gunmen using mortars and rocket propelled grenades attacked two adjoining intelligence buildings in southern Yemen.
Deputy governor of the southern Abyan province, Saleh el-Shamsi, says one guard and one militant died in the attack on Wednesday morning. He says masked gunmen in two separate groups tried to storm the buildings of the intelligence headquarters in the provincial capital, Zinjibar.
El-Shamsi says they tried to “take over the two buildings” but that Yemeni guards confronted them and “foiled their plans.”
A security official says seven militants were detained. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Al-Qaida has stepped up attacks across Yemen, including in restive Abyan.
