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22 soldiers killed in Al-Qaeda attack S. Yemen

SANAA, May 7 (KUNA) -- Twenty-two Yemeni soldiers and one policeman were killed, and 12 others were injured in an Al-Qaeda attack at Hosen Jaafar point and Al-Mash'hoor rest area in Zinjibar in southern Yemen, the Ministry of Defense affirmed here on Monday.
In a statement, the ministry noted that Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked Yemeni military personnel early today, in which led to the death of 22 soldiers and one policeman, and injury of 12 others, adding Al-Qaeda's casualties of dead and injured ones were many, mostly foreign fighters.
On its part, Ansar Al-Sharia group, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, said in a statement that it has killed 30 Yemeni soldiers and captured 28 others, adding that its fighters have also seized a tank in its entirety of machineries and weapons. The group admitted the death of eight of its members. (end) az.ma KUNA 080006 May 12NNNN