ADEN, Yemen, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's al-Qaida network on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the death of Aden's anti- terror police chief, who was killed in a car bombing late last month in the southern port city.
"Our brave fighters managed to terminate an informant of U.S. agencies in a successful operation in Aden," the statement obtained by Xinhua reads.
Colonel Ali al-Hajji, the head of counter-terrorism force in Aden, was killed on Oct. 28 when a car bomb exploded beneath his vehicle while moving in a main street near Aden's International Airport.
The statement, which included strong threats to military officials in the country's southern swathes, was distributed by dozens of the al-Qaida militants the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) during a large celebration organized in Azzan and Rowda towns in the southeastern province of Shabwa to mark the Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.
The AQAP group has stepped up attacks on government troops in Yemen's lawless south, exploiting unrest in a country convulsed by ten months of protests against the 33-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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