Security sources said that individuals likely to belong to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula kidnapped five people in Shabwa Governorate, four civilians and a soldier, this week.

The South24 Center reported that according to security sources, Al-Qaeda members intercepted a civilian car on the road in the Khoura area of ​​the Lower Markha District, and kidnapped three civilians who were on board.

This comes in the wake of a kidnapping last Friday, February 23, that targeted two people, including a Public Security soldier, on Wadi Khoura Road in Lower Markha, west of Shabwa.

According to the sources, the two individuals belong to a prominent tribe in Shabwa, to which the current governor, Sheikh Awad Al-Awlaki, also belongs.