Military vehicle of STC militias targeted in Abyan

ABYAN, Aug. 03 (YPA) – Unknown gunmen believed to belong to Al-Qaeda elements on Wednesday targeted a military vehicle belonging to Emirati factions in Abyan province, southern Yemen.

According to informed local sources, the militants targeted a military vehicle belonging to the “Southern Transitional” factions with an explosive device on the road linking Al-Haima and Al-Quoz Junction east of Maodiya district.

The sources indicated that the explosion that targeted the military vehicle did not cause any injuries or material damage to the mechanism, and the ctivists posted on social networking sites that the militants seized two military vehicles, a number of machine gun parts and an launcher “R. P. G.” during the attack.