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Three people were killed in a US drone strike in the central Marib province. The dead were allegedly members of AQAP. Two women were also reportedly injured in the strike which was said to have targeted a house. The house reporedly belonged to a local man who had rented it to three men from Saada province in the north west of the country.
Two unnamed Yemeni official told AFP and Reuters the attack as a drone strike. However an anonymous official would not specify if the attack was by US drone or Yemen jet when talking to AP. The strike came a day after AQAP fighters beheaded 14 captured Yemeni soldiers. They were killed because they were fighting AQAP in the eastern province of Hadramout, the armed group said in a statement. And the attack came the day before Yemen Air Force jets reportedly targeted al Qaeda training camps in the eastern province of Hadramout.
Type of strike: US drone strike