Suspected al-Qaeda suicide bombing kills Yemeni soldier

A suspected al-Qaeda suicide bombing on Wednesday (May 10th) killed a Yemeni soldier in the south-eastern province of Hadramaut, AFP reported.

Six other people, including three civilians, were wounded when the assailant detonated his explosives at a checkpoint in the village of Duaan, some 300 kilometres north-west of al-Mukalla, a security official said.

The attack comes days after Yemeni forces backed by the coalition mounted an operation against al-Qaeda militants suspected of being behind the recent bombing of two abandoned police stations.

Al-Qaeda has remained active in Hadramaut, taking advantage of more than two years of conflict between the government and the Houthis (Ansarallah).

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