{{Dozens of suspected al-Qaeda fighters have captured a Yemeni army base in the southeast of the Arabian peninsula country, a military official said.}}<\/p>\n
The armed group had taken some military personnel hostage on Monday at the base in the port city of al-Mukalla, killing at least three soldiers and wounding six others.<\/p>\n
“Some of the attackers managed to infiltrate into the base,” the official said. <\/p>\n
“They caused confusion because soldiers at the base thought they were being attacked by members of the Central Security apparatus.”<\/p>\n
The rebels, who were dressed in special forces uniforms and drew up in four military vehicles, stormed the seaside base taking many more soldiers hostage, the official said.<\/p>\n
The commander of the army’s second military region, General Muhsen Hasan, was in the building at the time of the attack, and is thought to have been captured.<\/p>\n
Army reinforcements have been deployed to the area and have engaged the rebels, the official said, warning that the suspected al-Qaeda fighters would “pay a heavy price” for the attack.<\/p>\n
Mukalla is capital of Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramawt and a major port city.<\/p>\n
It is the second major assault on the Yemeni army in 10 days blamed on al-Qaeda in 10 days.<\/p>\n
Mukalla is capital of Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramawt and a major port city.<\/p>\n
On September 20, suspected al-Qaeda fighters killed at least 56 soldiers and police in coordinated dawn attacks in Shabwa province further west.<\/p>\n
That was the deadliest day for the Yemeni security forces since the army recaptured a string of southern towns from the jihadists in a major offensive last year.<\/p>\n
Washington regards al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as the global jihadist network’s most dangerous affiliate and has stepped up its drone strikes against the group in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
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