Yemen Violence Claims Four Lives

Violence in Yemen claimed four lives Tuesday, various sources said, with one fatal shooting attributed to al-Qaida.

In al-Qatan, in the terror network's stronghold of Hadramawt province, two al-Qaida fighters on a motorcycle gunned down an officer of the intelligence services, a local official said.

In Huta, capital of Lahij province, gunmen tried to rob a post office, killing two soldiers guarding it and wounding a third, police said.

And unidentified gunmen firing from a car killed a retired colonel, a police official said.

Attacks on members of the security forces are common in the south and southwest of Yemen, where violence has increased since a Shiite militia known as Huthis seized the capital in recent months.