Al Qaeda militants execute 15 Yemeni government soldiers: residents, officials

[News Manager]

Al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Saturday seized and executed 15 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, local officials and residents said. The soldiers were detained by militants while traveling from the southern port of Aden to al-Mahra province in eastern Yemen via Ahwar, a city in Abyan province under al Qaeda control. The militants took them to a remote area and killed them by firing squad, local officials and residents said.

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