222 'killed in five days' in Yemen
Source: AFP
(AFP) – 2 hours ago
ADEN — At least 222 people including 183 militants have been killed in five days of clashes around the strategic south Yemen town of Loder which Al-Qaeda is trying to seize, a security official said on Saturday.
Thirty-seven people were killed on Friday, the official told AFP, among them a child of 12 killed by a shell burst inside the town. During the day, five tribal auxiliaries were also reported killed along with 31 militants.
Loder was quiet on Saturday "after the Al-Qaeda fighters withdrew to positions they occupied before the fighting began, leaving behind several snipers," another military source said of the clashes that erupted on Monday.
The source said the Al-Qaeda militants pulled back to Um Sorra five kilometres (three miles) southwest of Loder and towards Wadhia and Arqub 10 and 15 kilometres away respectively.
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