‘Al-Qaeda’ kills Yemen intelligence officer

ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in a drive-by attack in the southern city of Mukalla, capital of the southeastern Hadramawt province, a police source said yesterday.
Two men riding a motorbike shot Col. Abdullah Al-Ribaki on Friday evening in a residential area of Mukalla, the source said, adding: “Al-Qaeda is behind this killing.”
Another local official told AFP that Ribaki had been a target for the network, which recently posted notices in Mukalla threatening to step up their fight against intelligence officers and police.
Al-Qaeda militants were driven out of most of their strongholds in Yemen’s south last June in an all-out offensive by government forces aided by local “resistance committees.”