‘Al-Qaeda’ attack kills secessionist commander and three fighters in Yemen

Secessionist forces control much of Yemen's south, where they deploy military groups such as the Security Belt [File: Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP]

A suspected al-Qaeda attack in southern Yemen has killed a military commander and three soldiers from a secessionist group, security officials and a witness said.

Commander Abd al-Latif al-Sayyid and the three fighters from the Security Belt Forces, an armed group loyal to Yemen’s secessionist Southern Transitional Council, were killed in an explosion while travelling in a convoy through southern Abyan governorate, the three officials and the witness said.