Almotamar.net - Security chief of Shabwa province, Yemen General Ahmed Ali al-Maqdashi has said Monday three terrorists of al-Qaeda affiliates, among them a leading member of the organisation Zaed al-Daghari have been killed.

General al-Maqdashi added to Almotamar.net that 6 soldiers were also killed were killed in a terrorist attack by terrorists Sunday evening in the area of Al-Aqla, the district of Al-Arma.

He pointed out that some outlaw elements gave support to the terrorist elements in targeting members of the armed forces; they are of the same group that took part in the attack of last Thursday and resulted in the killing of 5 soldiers.

Al-Maqdashi praised armed forces men in repelling the terrorist elements , pointing out that they captured the car used by those elements in their criminal act while a security campaign for chasing members of the group that implemented the attack.