An Al-Qaeda wing in Yemen on Sunday claimed responsibility for Friday's suicide car bomb attack on a police compound that killed a policeman and wounded 18 others, according to DPA. The group, known as "The Jihad of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - Yemeni Soldiers Brigade," said in a statement that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the killing of five al-Qaeda members by police forces in Yemen. The statement, posted on Islamic web sites often used by al-Qaeda, identified the suicide attacker as Ahmad bin Saeed al-Mashjari, alias Abu-Dijana al-Hadhrami. The attacker rammed an explosive-laden sedan car into the entrance of a police complex in Sayoun of the Hadhramout province, some 900 kilometres south-east of the capital Sana'a. He drove at high speed and tried to force his way into the compound's central yard. The car blew up after a police guard tried to stop it. On Saturday, Hadhramout Governor Ahmed Salem al-Khanbashi said evidence gathered by police had indicated al-Qaeda was involved in the attack. "The same scenario and materials used in previous al-Qaeda attacks were used in this attack," the governor said.
