Bomb blast kills military commander in Yemen’s Shabwa
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Saturday a senior commander was killed in a bomb explosion in the southern Shabwa province.
In a statement, the STC-affiliated Shabwa Defense Forces said Major Salem Al-Jabwani died in the explosion in As-Said district, west of Shabwah.
The statement said a number of his bodyguards were killed and injured, without giving an exact figure.
According to the statement, another explosive device was defused by STC forces in the province.
There was no claim of responsibility for the blast.
Oil-rich Shabwa province is controlled by STC fighters and allied government forces.
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