Al-Qaeda Takfiri militants have abducted and summarily executed fifteen soldiers in Yemen’s eastern province of Hadramawt.

Al-Qaeda Takfiri militants have abducted and summarily executed fifteen soldiers in Yemen’s eastern province of Hadramawt.

A military official said the incident occurred on Friday, when “an al-Qaeda commando unit” ambushed a bus carrying the soldiers near the town of Shibam.

The official added that the abducted soldiers were taken to the nearby village of Huta and summarily executed.

The army had dispatched a group of troops to Huta in search of the killers.

“It was a horrible massacre,” an unnamed Yemeni resident said, adding, “We were horrified by such barbarous action.”

The attack came a day after 11 suspected al-Qaeda militants and four Yemeni soldiers were killed in attacks on two army posts in Hadramawt Province.