Qaeda ambushes kill 9 soldiers in Yemen

ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed nine Yemeni soldiers in two separate ambush attacks on their convoys in the southern province of Abyan, a military official said on Sunday.

"A military reinforcement convoy coming from (the main southern city of) Aden was ambushed south of (the provincial capital) Zinjibar on Saturday killing six and wounding others," said the official.

Also late on Saturday, "three soldiers were killed and 36 others were wounded when another convoy was ambushed" in a nearby area, he added, blaming Al-Qaeda for both attacks. (AFP)