[Yemen Post] Two people were killed and 23 others including soldiers maimed in a car boom attack in south Yemen on Thursday, local sources said.Two of the hurt were at death's door after the attack that took place near the security office in downtown Dhale province, they said.
The car belonged to an officer in the small-time Mister Big investigative office and exploded at qat market in the Jumrok quarter, the sources said.
Unidentified attackers are thought to have planted an bomb inside the car with the aim to kill the officer, a security source said.
In another incident in the south rocked by violence of Al-Qaeda and separatists, a soldier was injured in an exchange of gunfire with armed people at Al-Azariq roundabout at the city's entry.
In recent months, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP has stepped up attacks against security buildings, patrols and officers and their cars as well as on military convoys and camps, mainly in southern and southeastern regions.
Dozens of officers and non-combatants were killed in the attacks.
In response, large scale operations against AQAP members have been carried out across Yemen, with many of them killed, maimed and jugged.