Senior Intelligence Officer Slain Near Home

July 02 2010

Yemen

A senior Yemeni intelligence officer has been gunned down by unidentified assailants outside his home in the southern province of Abyan, Reuters reports.

The assailants escaped on a motorcycle after shooting Col. Saleh Amtheib on Thursday, security officials said.

The slain officer had worked on Al-Qaida and secessionist issues, said officials.

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