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The masked assailants, who were on a motorcycle, shot and killed Shaker Bani, an inspector in the military intelligence agency in Bawazir neighborhood in Hadramout province, before fleeing the area, the local government official said, requesting anonymity.
"About two masked gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at the intelligence inspector who was heading home, leaving him gravely injured at the scene," the government source said.
Colonel Shaker Bani was rushed to a nearby military hospital where he died while receiving treatment.
Although al-Qaida militants are usually held responsible for such armed attacks and assassinations, no group has yet claimed responsibility for the drive-by shooting.
In January 2009, al-Qaida affiliates in Saudi Arabia and Yemen officially merged and formed Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The group, mainly entrenching itself 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 national security.
from XINHUA
2012-12-17 20:52:00
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