(Previous Incident Code: YEM222 )

A US strike killed four alleged al Qaeda members at a checkpoint in Azzan, a town in the southern province of Shabwa.

The attacks were attributed to the US by eye-witnesses, local residents and an unnamed Yemeni official.

An unnamed military official told Yahoo that five suspected al Qaeda members were killed, while Reuters said that at least four were killed in the strike.

A US defence department spokesperson said “we have no information regarding this strike” on March 31. On June 3 Centcom, the US military regional command responsible for Yemen, announced this attack was one of nine that hit Yemen between February and May. The press release announced the US conducted “a strike March 30 in the vicinity of Azzan in central Yemen, which killed 2 al-Qa’ida operatives.”