ADEN: Authorities have arrested four female Al-Qaeda suspects in southeastern Yemen as they attempted to flee the scene of deadly clashes between police and jihadists.
The women were arrested Wednesday as they tried to flee a house in Shahr, Hadramawt.
Al-Qaeda suspects hiding in two houses had opened fire at police searching the area, and three people from each side were killed, police said. Witnesses confirmed the arrest of four veiled women, who they said were leaving one of the houses with a child through the back door. The women, who “were cooperating with Al-Qaeda,” were later flown by helicopter to Sanaa. Tension prevailed in Shahr as government forces set up roadblocks and beefed up security.
Yemen arrests women backers of Al-Qaeda at shooting scene
