Four militants arrested after attacks on officials

Sana’a: Four gunmen accused of attacking security and military officials have been arrested, said an official statement yesterday.

Al Barbari, 38, from Al Jawf province, and Masba’an 25, from Amran province, were taken into custody after the security chief of Mareb Mohammad Mansour Al Gudrah led a campaign against them, the statement said.

The two men, identified only by their surnames as Al Barbari and Masba’an, were accused of attacking a check post in Mareb province two days ago killing a soldier and injuring another.

The statement also said that two others were arrested in Radfan district in the southern province of Lahj after they allegedly attacked senior military official injuring two of his bodyguards including his son.

The two men, who were identified also with their surnames as Al Daeri and Saleh, allegedly failed in their attempt to assassinate the commander of the brigade 121, Thabet Nasser Al Jahori, two days ago in Lahj province.

Meanwhile, the Yemen security authorities said they are continuing to comb the town of Lawdar, in the southern province of Abyan, and neighbouring areas where fierce confrontations between Al Qaida operatives and security forces killed more than 30 people including 19 terrorist operatives and 11 soldiers earlier last month.