ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Two soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed and four others injured in an explosion in the country's southeastern oil-rich province of Shabwa on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua.
A local military officer told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that an improvised explosive device (IED) on the roadside exploded when a motorcade of military vehicles that escorted trucks carrying diesel passed by in the Ar Rawdah district of Shabwa.
The IED, which was planted and remotely detonated by terrorists, also destroyed a military vehicle, the source said.
Security forces and a medical team were sent to the site and carried the wounded soldiers to a nearby hospital for treatment, he noted.
So far, no group has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
The Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula network has exploited years of deadly conflict between the Yemeni government and the Houthi militia to expand its presence in the war-ravaged Arab country. It frequently uses hit-and-run tactics against Yemeni government forces while hiding out in rocky terrains and mountainous areas of Abyan and other neighboring provinces including Shabwa. ■
