Coalition Forces Commander martyred in Hadramout Valley in raids of Al-Qaeda dens east of Shibam
English - Thursday 19 September 2019 الساعة 06:42 pm
Hadramout - NewsYemen.net
The representative of the Saudi forces in the Wadi Hadramout and the desert Lieutenant Colonel Bandar Muzaid Al-Otaibi, was martyred with a number of Saudi military commanders and soldiers of the Hadramout Soldiers and 1st Military Zone Battalion this afternoon, due to explosive devices in Wadi Bin Ali area of Shibam Directorate in Hadramout.
According to several security sources, the commander of the coalition and the spacecraft "Abunawaf" martyred with Saudi soldiers and Hadrami during a raid on Al-Qaeda operatives in Wadi bin Ali area east of the city of Shibam Hadramaut.
The explosions that continued in different places targeted the convoy while storming the house of an al-Qaeda operative member inside the valley .
While local sources said that the military force tried to dismantle explosive devices in the road leading to the entrance to the valley, before the process of storming and during the dismantling, an explosive device exploded, killing several soldiers and wounding citizens who were near the site
Medical sources said that "Al-Otaibi" died immediately with three Saudi soldiers, while 8 soldiers from the first military area died, and about 20 others were injured.
This was a Saudi force belonging to the Arab coalition forces in the valley of Hadramout stationed Wednesday afternoon inside Hota Ahmed bin Zain Directorate of Shibam, to search for a wanted al-Qaeda security, was causing assassinations and chaos in Hadramout.
Security information arrived this morning stating that he was inside a house in the Ben Ali valley. The forces moved and the raid led to deaths and injuries before reaching the wanted by the security.
