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Top Yemeni security officers killed in ambush
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-04 04:12
SANAA: Two top Yemeni security officers and four police escorts were killed when their car was ambushed on Tuesday by unidentified militants in the southeast of the country, where al-Qaida has been gaining strength.

Ahmed Salim al-Ammary, director of the General Security Services (GSS) in Hadramout province, and Ahmed Ba-Wazir, head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) in Hadramout, were killed on board with their four security escorts in an ambush along the highway, said a senior security source who asked to remain anonymous.

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The attack occurred while the security officials were on an inspection mission to places believed to be hideouts of al-Qaida close to Sayon city of Hadramout province.

The source said the militants fired shots at the security officials which led their car hit an oil tanker in a head-on collision, and the car went up in flames.

No group has claimed responsibility, but the government blamed al-Qaida militants for such kind of attacks.