23 killed in al-Qaida attack on army base in S. Yemen
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Al-Qaida militants attacked a military base of the Yemeni army on Monday morning in the southern province of Abyan, leaving 23 people killed and dozens of others wounded, a security official told Xinhua.
"During the fighting between al-Qaida and government troops in an army base in Abyan, 11 government soldiers and 12 terrorists were killed and dozens of others from both sides were wounded," the local security official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The al-Qaida offensive sparked deadly clashes with the army troops of the 111th and 119th Armored Army Brigades positioned in the outskirts of Lauder town, about 150 km northeast of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan, he said.
The militants were attempting to overrun the Lauder town, but the government troops, with support of pro-government tribesmen, foiled the al-Qaida attack, the official said.
Fierce fighting still continues between the two sides in the region, he added.
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