Unidentified gunmen have killed a police officer and four others in Yemen’s Aden in a wave of attacks targeting security forces in the violence-plagued port city.
Assailants on Sunday opened fire on a police vehicle carrying Colonel Taha al-Sobeihi in Aden’s Mansura district, killing him along with a bodyguard and a female bystander, a security official said.
Al-Qaeda and the rival Islamic State group both have a presence in the city, where militants occupy government buildings and are seen patrolling several districts and intimidating civilians.
They have claimed a string of attacks and assassinations in recent months.
Another man was shot dead Saturday when gunmen attempted to kidnap him along with his father in Aden’s Crater district, a security official said. The two belonged to the Shiite Bohra minority.
Four members of that community have been kidnapped by "extremists" in the past days in Aden, three of whom have already been released, the official said.
Meanwhile, suspected Al-Qaeda militants blew up a vacant police station in Huta, the main city in Lahj province.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
