Yemen says senior al-Qaeda member killed
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A senior leader of Yemen's al-Qaeda branch has been killed in fighting in the nearly lawless south of the country, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
A ministry statement said Ayed al-Shabwani was killed in fighting on Tuesday near the town of Zinjibar, a provincial capital that has been held by al-Qaeda-linked militants since May. The statement said one of the leader's cousins, Awad al-Shabwani, was also killed in the fighting, but it gave no further details. (AP)
