Yemen officer shot dead day after roadside bombing

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a security officer has been shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past and where al-Qaida is active.

They say Maj. Majid Muttayr died after he was shot by men with a firearm affixed with a silencer on Sunday in al-Qutn district in southeastern Hadramawt province.