YEMENI armed forces have killed Said al Shehri, seen as the second-in-command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a government website said.
The Ministry of Defence website said Shehri was a Saudi national who was killed, along with six other militants, in an army operation in the Hadramout province in eastern Yemen.
The United States has used unmanned drones to target AQAP, which has planned attacks on international targets including airliners and is described by Washington as the most dangerous wing of al Qaeda.
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