Eight Yemen soldiers killed in 'Qaeda attack': army

ADEN: Gunmen in Yemen killed eight soldiers and wounded six on Monday when they attacked a checkpoint in Hadramawt province in the southeast, military sources said, with one blaming al Qaeda.

"Armed men aboard several vehicles attacked a checkpoint near Reida," 135 kilometres (85 miles) east of Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla, "killing eight soldiers and wounding six more", one source told AFP.

Another said the attack appeared to be the work of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

"The attackers would appear to be in al Qaeda," he said.

The attacker detonated the car outside the gate to the security building in Tuban, 15 kilometres north of Aden, killing a guard.