A special police action force and agents of the military intelligence agency raided a terrorist hideout in the Tawahi neighborhood in Aden, arresting two senior al-Qaida operatives, the country's Defense Ministry said in a brief text message obtained by Xinhua.
During the preliminary interrogation of the arrested terrorists, they revealed the location of other al-Qaida members in the same neighborhood, the statement said, adding that the arrested terrorists' IDs showed that they are not locals of Aden province; rather they came from southern neighboring province of Abyan.
A local resident told Xinhua anonymously that gunfire and hand grenade explosions could be heard following the storming campaign of the al-Qaida hideout in the Tawahi neighborhood.
Weapons confiscated from the raided house include automatic rifles, handguns, a sniper rifle and grenades, a security official said.
On Friday, a government official said that about seven suspected members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot were captured by security authorities in Aden's neighborhood of Cerator.
Yemeni authorities have stepped up security measures in the strategic port city of Aden, following intelligence reports that al-Qaida could attempt to target government compounds with armed attacks and suicide bombings.
The Yemeni branch of al-Qaida, known locally as Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law), claimed responsibility for several gun raids and deadly suicide attacks that took place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
from XINHUA
2012-08-26 16:05:39
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