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The fierce fighting took place in the eastern suburbs of Zinjibar city, the provincial capital of Abyan, after the al-Qaida militants attacked an army barrack with rocket-propelled grenades, leaving one soldier killed, the local security official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Soldiers of the 25th Mechanized Brigade exchanged fire with the al-Qaida militants, killing four terrorists, including an African, the official said.
"The body of the army soldier along with some injured have been moved to Aden's military hospital," he said.
Meanwhile, a police officer told Xinhua that five unknown gunmen fired three rocket-propelled grenades early Saturday, targeting the headquarters of the local government in the southern province of al-Dhalea, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Abyan, some 480 km south of the capital Sanaa, has been the scene of daily fierce fighting after hundreds of militants from the Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) captured Zinjibar and at least three other towns in May 2011.
The AQAP, entrenching itself mainly in Yemen's southern provinces of Abyan and Shabwa, is on the terrorist list of the United States which considers it as an increasing threat to its national security.
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