The commander of Yemen's southern military region has been killed in a suicide attack in the port city of Aden, medics and officials say.
General Salem Ali Qatan was killed near his home in the Mansoura neighbourhood of Aden on Monday, a medical official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.
"Four others were wounded in the suicide attack," the medic said.
The medic said the attacker "handed Qatan a paper, shook his hand and then detonated himself" as the general was walking to his office.Witnesses said the bomber was wearing an explosives belt.
As the chief military commander in south Yemen, Qatan had led a month-long offensive against al-Qaeda, forcing the armed group to withdraw from several towns and villages in the Abyan and Shabwa provinces which they had controlled since last year.
The latest attack came as al-Qaeda fled from their last bastion in the town of Azzan in Shabwa.
General Salem Ali Qatan was killed near his home in the Mansoura neighbourhood of Aden on Monday, a medical official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.
"Four others were wounded in the suicide attack," the medic said.
The medic said the attacker "handed Qatan a paper, shook his hand and then detonated himself" as the general was walking to his office.Witnesses said the bomber was wearing an explosives belt.
As the chief military commander in south Yemen, Qatan had led a month-long offensive against al-Qaeda, forcing the armed group to withdraw from several towns and villages in the Abyan and Shabwa provinces which they had controlled since last year.
The latest attack came as al-Qaeda fled from their last bastion in the town of Azzan in Shabwa.
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