Gov't forces shell al-Qaida hideouts in south Yemen, six civilians killed: medics

At the least six civilians were killed and nine other people were wounded on Sunday when Yemeni military forces shelled al-Qaida hideouts within the provincial capital city of southern troubled Abyan province, medics said.

"Al-Razi hospital have received six bodies of civilians along with other nine injured through the ongoing battles in between government forces and fighters with the al-Qaida inside the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) ," medical doctors mentioned.

No death toll of AQAP militants and government forces has been reported till now.

Residents of Zinjibar city, which was seized by fighters of AQAP on Saturday and was regarded because the capital from the group's newly-born Taliban-style Islamic Emirate, said government forces has been shelling the city given that Friday.

Because the beginning from the four-month-long anti-government protests aimed at ousting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been in energy because 1978, the AQAP has launched sporadic heavy attacks in Abyan.

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