Gunmen kill intelligence chief, his nephew

Assailants shot dead the intelligence chief of the southern Yemeni city of Aden and his nephew on Wednesday, state news agency Saba said, the latest in a series of attacks against senior officers.

Saba said Col.Ali Hadi, head of what is known as the political security apparatus in the port city, was shot dead by “terrorist elements’’.

His nephew was also killed in the same attack, Saba said, without giving any details on the circumstances of the incident.