ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified attackers carried out an ambush targeting a vehicle of the Yemeni military intelligence agency in the southern port city of Aden Wednesday morning, leaving at least an officer killed and eight others injured, a security official told Xinhua.
Four masked gunmen opened fire at a vehicle of the military intelligence agency in the Khor Maksar district, killing at least a senior officer and injuring eight others, the local security official said on condition of anonymity.
The assailants managed to escape after the incident, the official said.
A local medic at the Bashuib military hospital in Aden, where the dead and injured intelligence officers were taken, confirmed to Xinhua the toll, saying that "some of the injured officers are in critical condition."
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but it bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida group, according to the official.
Taking advantage of Yemen's unrest to bolster their presence in the country's southern and eastern regions, militants of the al- Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula have been launching sporadic shoot-outs and motorbike attacks on security and intelligence officials during the past several months.
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