Bomb attack targets STC’s military point in Abyan

ABYAN, April 19 (YPA) – Unidentified gunmen believed to be affiliated with Al-Qaeda on Monday detonated a bomb near a military point in Modiyah district of Abyan province, southern Yemen.

Local sources said that the targeted military point belongs to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia, without giving details about the attack.

Other sources reported that the explosion resulted from an attack that targeted a house of one of citizens with a hand grenade, without mentioning any losses.

Al-Qaeda operatives are deployed extensively in a number of Abyan districts, mostly Modiyah, Lawdar, Al-Khadira, and Al-Mahfad, and large areas in Shabwa province.

Over the past weeks, al-Qaeda elements set up an armed point in Al-Maja’lah area, east of Modiyah, in Abyan province.

YPA