Missile strike kills senior leaders of Al-Qaeda in Bayda

BAYDA, Jul. 06 (YPA) – Head of the so-called “Shura Council” of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, along with a number of emirs of the terrorist organization, were killed on Tuesday in a missile attack in Bayda province, central Yemen.

Residents in Bayda said that a ballistic missile targeted a meeting of senior Al-Qaeda emirs this afternoon in a village in Al-Soma’a district, which resulted in many deaths and injuries among the emirs of the terrorist organization.

The body of the terrorist “Saad Atef”, head of the Al-Qaeda Shura in the Arabian Peninsula, has been identified, they added.

No party, until the moment of writing the news, has claimed responsibility for the missile bombing, which targeted the meeting of the terrorist organization’s leaders in the Soma district.

YPA