(VOVworld) – A suspected Al-Qaeda attack on an army post in Hadramawt province in southeast Yemen on Friday killed 8 soldiers and injured at least 11 others.

Yemeni soldiers at a checkpoint in the southwestern port city of Aden

A military source said the attackers approached the position on board several vehicles and opened fire on the soldiers with different types of weapons, killing eight soldiers, including an officer in command of the checkpoint. Military reinforcements sent to the area came under fire from the militants and an unknown number were wounded. Four Al-Qaeda militants were killed and several wounded.