Yemen vows action against militants
- 12 years ago
Yemen holds a military funeral for 14 security officials killed in an insurgent attack over the weekend.
The 14 died when suspected al Qaeda-linked militants assaulted an intelligence building using grenades, automatic weapons and a car bomb.
During the funeral - held in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa - military officials vowed to find the attackers.
"These events will never deter us from putting these criminals on trial, criminals who have no other aim than the killing of civilians," says army chief Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal.
The brazen assault happened here - at an intelligence building in the port city of Aden.
It is the latest in a string of militant attacks targeting Yemen's security forces.
The violence comes as Yemen - with the backing of the US - attempts to squelch an uprising by the Partisans of Islamic law - an al Qaeda offshoot.
The 14 died when suspected al Qaeda-linked militants assaulted an intelligence building using grenades, automatic weapons and a car bomb.
During the funeral - held in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa - military officials vowed to find the attackers.
"These events will never deter us from putting these criminals on trial, criminals who have no other aim than the killing of civilians," says army chief Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal.
The brazen assault happened here - at an intelligence building in the port city of Aden.
It is the latest in a string of militant attacks targeting Yemen's security forces.
The violence comes as Yemen - with the backing of the US - attempts to squelch an uprising by the Partisans of Islamic law - an al Qaeda offshoot.