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Suspected US drones reportedly fired two missiles in a strike in Mukalla, eastern Yemen. At least three people were killed in the night strike.
Reports were conflicted over how many people had been killed in the attack with some saying three, Associated Press reporting four killed, and others including AFP putting the death toll at 10 alleged AQAP fighters. An official told AFP three of the dead were local chiefs.
There was near unanimity that a senior AQAP figure had been killed. Abu Hajar al Hadrami had reportedly been arrested by security services but managed to escape from the prison in Mukalla in 2011. Sources close to Al Quaeda reportedly confirmed his death.
According to local Yemen officials, the raids targeted a vehicle and a container loaded with weapons late Friday in Mukalla port, the provincial capital of Hadramout.
