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Two suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed and two others wounded in the U.S. drone attack in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout on Wednesday, a government official said.
The local government official, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the U.S. drone fired two missiles, which struck a small vehicle in the outskirts al-Qatan region in Hadramout province, killing at least two al-Qaida members and wounding two others.
A local resident told Xinhua that they heard a powerful explosion and saw a drone disappearing far into the sky, "a small car was burned and at least two people were killed at the scene’’.
A military intelligence officer confirmed to Xinhua that the strike was aimed at a top commander of the al-Qaida terrorist group travelling in the vehicle.
The al-Qaida Spokesman was not available to comment immediately about the drone strike.
The local government official, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the U.S. drone fired two missiles, which struck a small vehicle in the outskirts al-Qatan region in Hadramout province, killing at least two al-Qaida members and wounding two others.
A local resident told Xinhua that they heard a powerful explosion and saw a drone disappearing far into the sky, "a small car was burned and at least two people were killed at the scene’’.
A military intelligence officer confirmed to Xinhua that the strike was aimed at a top commander of the al-Qaida terrorist group travelling in the vehicle.
The al-Qaida Spokesman was not available to comment immediately about the drone strike.
