Sanaa: Some Unidentified attackers on Tuesday killed the deputy head of intelligence in the southeastern Yemeni city of Mukalla.
According to a Yemini security official, Colonel Ahmed al-Ramada, deputy chief of political security in the city, was killed on his way to work.
Although, no one has yet claimed responsibility of the attack but the security official told AFP that al Qaeda could have been behind the attack.
Mukalla, located on the Gulf of Aden, is the main city of the eastern province of Hadramawt, where al Qaeda militants are active.
Although weakened, the network’s militants continue to launch hit-and-run attacks on members of the security forces across Yemen.
Yemen has struggled to restore normality since Hadi took office in February following a year of protests that forced Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down after 33 years in power.
Yemen’s stability is a priority for the United States and its Gulf allies because of Yemen’s strategic position next to oil exporter Saudi Arabia and shipping lanes, and because it is home to a wing of al Qaeda.
The Yemeni-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has mounted operations in Saudi Arabia and attempted attacks against the United States, which has stepped up strikes by drones.
The U.S.-backed military offensive has driven the militants out of areas they seized in the south last year but has not prevented them from launching attacks that have dealt damaging blows to the army and security apparatus.
In June, the commander of military forces in the south of Yemen was killed by a suicide bomber in the port city of Aden.
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