The security services have arrested
an al-Qaeda member in possession of an explosive belt, security sources in
Abyan province said on Friday.
The sources added that the
25-year-old terrorist Jihad Abdallah al-Faqir was arrested while on his way in
a car to Lawdar district and was referred to investigation.
The sources noted that the
preliminary information indicated that the terrorist confessed that a leading
al-Qaeda figure named Ali Alwi al-Saqqaf assigned him to carry out a suicide
attack.
The sources pointed out that the
investigations are still ongoing.