30 militants dead in Yemen air raids

21 Jun, 2012

Thirty suspected militants were killed as Yemeni aircraft pounded al Qaeda positions between the southern provinces of Abyan and Shabwa on Wednesday, a local official told AFP. The aircraft carried out several strikes, the mayor of Mahfed town on the outskirts of Abyan and Shabwa, Yaslam al-Anburi, told AFP by telephone.
"There were 30 deaths in al Qaeda ranks for sure." "Yemeni aircraft carried out a series of raids against concentrations of al Qaeda fighters, mainly in the Wadi Dhiman and Dayda valleys, killing 30 and wounding many others," he said. Earlier, a tribal chief said three suspected militants were killed and four wounded in an air raid targeting a group of al Qaeda fighters in a desert region between Abyan and Shabwa provinces.

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