Bomb targeting security official in Abyan foiled
The Source: ABYAN/hadharamaut.info/sabanews.net - 08/01/2011
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An explosive device targeting a car of a senior security official in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Yemen's southern Abyan province has been foiled.
A local source has said that children of the CID's Director General Colonel Nasser Mahdi Abdullah discovered the bomb placed by an unknown person in the car of thier father, who immediately informed the security unit and the specialized unit.The security services are investigating the subject, the source added.Last Friday, Secretary General of the local council in Abyan province Awadh Ali Awadh survived an al Qaeda attack, the second targeting official and military convoys, but one of the official's guards was killed and three others were injured.Awadh was ambushed while on his way back from a visit to the scene where suspected al Qaeda fighters killed 10 soldiers and injured several others in the Lowder district early on Friday.On Friday morning, armed people attacked military water tankers and patrols escorting them while on their way to bring supplies in Lowder killing 12 soldiers.A month before, Director of Political Security in Abyan province was injured after detonating of an explosive device placed in his car.
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