11 policemen, three Al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen

SANA’A - At least 11 policemen and three suspected members of Al Qaeda were killed in clashes in southern Yemen Friday, police sources said.

The sources told DPA that the militants fired rocket-propelled grenades at an armoured personnel carrier in Loudar district of Abyan province, killing eight policemen on the spot.

Three other policemen and three militants were killed in clashes that followed the ambush, the sources said.

The assault is the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted security personnel in the southern Yemen in recent months.

Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for five attacks in June and July, including one on the headquarters of the intelligence services in the southern port city of Aden that left 11 dead June 19.