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Qaeda attack kills 19 soldiers in south Yemen: security officials
ADEN, Aug 2, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 19 soldiers in an
attack on an army base in southern Yemen Friday, security officials said, a
day after deadly assaults by rebels and a jihadist bomber.
The gunmen stormed Al-Mahfad base in Abyan province and remained inside
for several hours before military reinforcements came, three security
officials told AFP, adding that the soldiers were killed in clashes with the
jihadists.
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