Two soldiers killed, eight wounded in Yemen attacks

ADEN: Two attacks by gunmen in the southeastern province of Hadramawt killed two Yemeni soldiers and wounded eight others, security sources said on Saturday.

Gunmen ambushed a military vehicle near the Al-Qatn area on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding one more before fleeing, a security source said.

Elsewhere, the military escort for a convoy of petrol tankers driving in the Al-Hura region came under fire on Friday evening as they drove along a road to the Al-Massila oilfield, another security source told.

Seven soldiers were wounded in the attack, and the gunmen fled without seizing the tankers after military reinforcements arrived.

Yemeni authorities often accuse Al-Qaeda of the near-daily deadly attacks on the army and police in the south and east of the country.