A Saudi sought in Yemen in connection with a deadly ambush in which suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six members of the security forces has given himself up, the Yemeni defense ministry announced Sunday. “Saudi citizen Ahmed Saleh Hadij Al-Hammami, a suspect in the attack on the patrol... has surrendered to the security services,” the ministry's Internet website 26sep.net reported, citing security officials in Shabwa province. The interior ministry said Friday that six soldiers died in the ambush in the Shabwa capital Ataq Thursday, and the authorities were searching for the owner of a Saudi-registered car used in the attack. “He is currently being questioned” by police, the defense ministry website said of Hammami, adding that the suspect had also handed over his vehicle which was now being examined. Shabwa province is a stronghold of radical cleric and key leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Anwar Al-Awlaqi, who was on July 16 added to a US list of terrorism supporters. AQAP Friday claimed responsibility for twin attacks on security and intelligence headquarters in the south Yemen town of Zinjibar on July 14 in which three policemen were killed. It also claimed responsibility for a June attack on the intelligence headquarters in the southern port city of Aden in which 11 people – seven military personnel, three women and a seven-year-old boy – were killed. Gunmen kill 6 Yemen troops Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six Yemeni soldiers in an eastern oil region Sunday, in the fourth assault since June on state targets blamed on the militant group's resurgent regional arm. “Al-Qaeda is believed to have been behind the attack on the soldiers' patrol,” said a local official who asked not to be named. There were no reports of damage to energy installations in the small oil producer. Fighting also flared up on Sunday between a pro-government tribe and rebels, hours after the two sides agreed to a truce following battles last week which threatened to reignite a civil war.
