Sana’a (Yemen), June 19 (DPA) Armed militants attacked the headquarters of Yemen’s intelligence services in the southern port city of Aden Saturday, killing seven police personnel and injuring four, a police source and witnesses said.
The militants opened fire on guards as they stormed the Political Security agency compound in Tawahi in Aden, according to witnesses.
‘Seven people were killed,’ a police source told DPA, requesting anonymity.
Two woman police officers and a doctor were among the dead, the source said.
The militants are believed to belong to the Al Qaeda terrorist network.
Residents of adjacent houses said the militants had fired rocket-propelled grenades and detonated hand grenades.
The attack appeared to be a bid to free detainees.
The compound houses high-security jail in which suspected members of Al Qaeda and members of the Yemen’s separatist Southern Movement are incarcerated.
