Abyan (Debriefer) A senior officer of the Emirati-backed Security Belt (SB) forces was shot dead on Tuesday by armed men thought to be al-Qaeda militants in the Yemeni southern governorate of Abyan.
The al-Qaeda suspects waited in ambush for Ali Ma'amas al-Marqashi and his son, Major Mohamed, in the port city of Shoqra, local security sources said.
The SB senior officer's car was showered with bullets, leaving the man killed and his son critically wounded, the sources added.
The Southern Transitional Council-affiliated SB forces deplored the assassination and vowed to capture and prosecute the killers.