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SANAA, Oct 22 (KUNA) -- Unknown militants gunned down a Yemeni officer in
the southern city of Al-Mukalla, Hadramaut Governorate, Friday evening.
Col. Abdulaziz Mubarak Bu-Abes was killed while shopping in the city, a
police source told KUNA.
The assailants, purportedly belonging to the terrorist Al-Qaeda
organization, managed to flee the scene, the source said.
This is the third hit-and-run attack against the Yemeni security officers
in the restive governorate in October.
Early this month Abdulaziz Ba-Shrahil - a local police officer - was killed
while Col. Riyadh Al-Khatabi sustained a life-threatening wound in a similar
attack a fortnight ago. (end)
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KUNA 230012 Oct 10NNNN