Ambush Kills 5 Policemen in Eastern Yemen

HADRAMOUT, Nov. 04 (Saba) - Five policemen
were killed on Tuesday when gunmen ambushed two cars carrying them in Yemen's
eastern
province of Hadramout, the state-run 26sep.net reported. The killed included two
officers identified as the police chief in the Hadramout Wadi Ahmed Salim Al-Amri
and head
of the Political Security Office in Sayoon city and two of their guards as well as
head of the Criminal Investigative Department in the Qaten district. The cars came
under
a hail of bullets while they were on their way back from a border crossing trip.
Amid the attack the cars collided with a truck passing in the road and were entirely
burned.
The bodies were badly burnt as well. A hunt was launched for the perpetrators. None
has been blamed nor claimed responsibility for the attack yet. On the other hand, an
officer
has been killed as police released a child who was snatched by tribesmen in
Hadramout. Security sources said some people of the Al Fegas tribe took Mohammed
Abdullah Sheikh
al-Shatri in the district of Hegr. Security patrols were dispatched to release the
child and as they arrived in the area they came under a shower of bullets by the
kidnappers
with Major. Mohamed Saleh Soroor killed. Police surrounded the area, released the
child and arrested some of the suspects. FR