SANAA: A Yemeni air force officer was shot dead by gunmen in Sanaa yesterday, the Defence Ministry said.
Gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on Colonel Ali Al Dilmi in front of the military hospital, killing him instantly and fleeing the scene, the ministry said on its website.
On Monday, gunmen had shot dead Colonel Abdul Wahab Azzam as he slowed down at an intersection while driving his car in Sanaa.
Meanwhile, Al Qaeda suspects have freed 21 policemen they captured during a deadly attack against security personnel in southern Yemen last week, a security official said yesterday.
“Al Qaeda militants released the 21 captured policemen following tribal mediation,” the official said.
A tribal source confirmed the release in Mahfad, a rugged mountainous region between the southern provinces of Abyan and Shabwa.
He said the captors “received nothing in return.”
The militants captured the policemen in a Friday attack at a special forces camp in Maifaa, in Shabwa province.
The attack, in which eight policemen died, was one of three assaults that killed 56 security personnel.
AFP
