Three suspected members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have been arrested in the Yemeni region of Marib since the beginning of the week. Governor of Mareb Naji Al-Zayedi told Okaz newspaper Tuesday said that the arrests were the result of security campaigns following the attempted assassination of Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs last Thursday. “The security services are investigating the three detained to discover their links with the terrorist organization and if they have been involved in terrorist acts,” Al-Zayedi said. Al-Zayedi admitted that there had been a presence in the region of leading members of Al-Qaeda, headed by Yemeni Nasser Al-Wohaishi, alias “Abu Basir,” and large numbers of followers, among them Yemenis, Saudis, Libyans, Moroccans, Egyptians and Algerians. “The tightening of security, however, has forced them to flee to other areas,” Al-Zayedi said, indicating their movements as conducted between the regions of Marib, Shabwa, Abyan and Al-Jouf. Al-Zayed said the three followed the “between 30 and 40” suspects detained last month.
