Qaeda says responsible for killing 8 Yemen troops
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Al Qaeda's regional wing claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint in southern Yemen on Saturday in which eight soldiers were killed, a security official said. State media has blamed fighting in the south, in which dozens have been killed in the past three months, on al Qaeda's resurgent regional wing and armed separatist militants.
The attack on the checkpoint occurred in Zinjibar, capital of the flashpoint Abyan province. Al Qaeda's wing previously focused on high-profile strikes on foreign targets but has started to aim at the state in response to enhanced US-Yemeni cooperation in a crackdown against the group that has included air strikes and raids. (Reuters)
