Abdul Aziz Abdullah Bashraheel was shot dead on Friday by two masked gunmen on a motorcycle in Foha, west of Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province, a security official said.
He was with members of his family outside a store when he was attacked by the gunmen, who fled afterward.
No one claimed responsibly for the attack, but it bears Al-Qaeda's hallmark which used motorcycles as a tactic in assassinating security personnel in other restive governorates of Shabwa, Abyan, Lahj and Dhalae. Following the attack, the police sealed the area and arrested suspected motorcycles.
In Abyan province further west, a police car was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades, also on Friday.
Two policemen were wounded, as well as a man whom they had arrested on criminal charges and who suffered serious injuries.
The suspect, Mohammed Al-Jaadani, had been arrested in the city of Loder, which was the site of clashes between the army and suspected Al-Qaeda militants in August that killed 33 people.
Loder is also a focal point of activity by the Southern Movement, a coalition of groups demanding either independence or autonomy for the south.
Separately, Specialist Criminal Court in Sana'a started on Friday the trial of Al-Qaeda militants of Arhab Cell. The cell members are accused of involvement in planning to attack government and foreign facilities and assassinating security officials. Three defendants appeared before the court-Farj Hadi,Qasem Ali Al-Usami, Ali Nasser AL-Quttaish, while health conditions prevented Yahia Dahan from showing up for the hearing.
