ADEN, Yemen, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's security authorities killed three escaped al-Qaida prisoners and arrested two others on Wednesday in the southeastern province of Hadramout, the country's defense ministry reported.
The security authorities of al-Mukalla city, the provincial capital of Hadramout, chased dozens of al-Qaida militants who escaped from the central prison and managed to arrest two of them and killing three others, according to the ministry.
Earlier the day, 68 al-Qaida militants managed to escape from the jail after an armed attack targeting the soldiers guarding the headquarters of the Central Prison, leaving one soldier killed and two others injured.
"The al-Qaida fugitives also attacked some of the security soldiers outside the prison in Mukalla city, the provincial capital city of Hadramout, killing one soldiers and injuring two others," head of intelligence body in Mukalla city Abdullah al- Jirazie said.
Local residents told Xinhua that the security forces with armored vehicles were heavily deployed in the city after the prison break.
A number of Yemen's southern and eastern provinces experienced during the past two months an active and wide presence of the al- Qaida, which was exploiting the precarious situation of the country.
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