Ten al-Qaeda terrorists have been arrested by the security services in Hadrmout province, east Yemen, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday.

The Ministry revealed that the security services had raided a house where elements of an al-Qaeda cell were hiding in Fuh, located to the west of the city of Mukalla in Hadramout.The security forces raided the house where a group of four suspects was hiding in west of Mukalla, clashed with them and arrested two.The forces detained eights terrorists of the cell others in several security operations.The terrorist cell was planning to target security bodies and vital installations in Hadramout.The security personnel found an explosive belt ready for use, grenades, a laptop, a number of SIM cards, video tapes, and scraps of paper which the terrorist elements did not manage to burn.The al-Qaeda elements included a Saudi national and they were in the house belonging to an al-Qaeda member.The elements of al-Qaeda refused to surrender and started shooting and throwing grenades at the security forces that were besieging the house. Two of the security personnel were killed and two terrorist elements were wounded.The security forces arrested these two, while two other terrorists managed to escape.The two terrorist elements who escaped included the Saudi.The security forces are currently pursuing these escapees. The Ministry of Interior confirmed that it will pursue the terrorist elements of al-Qaeda, and that it will lie in wait for them and foil all terrorist plots of al-Qaeda and its elements which target Yemen and its supreme interests.