Al-Qaeda militants have killed a Yemeni soldier late on Monday, few hours after the gunmen killed 100 troops.

Al-Qaeda militants have killed a Yemeni soldier late on Monday, few hours after the gunmen killed 100 troops.

The attack took place in the southwestern city of Bayda, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

"The terrorist elements attacked security forces in Zaher checkpoint (late on Monday) killing the soldier Faisal Abas al-Sabri and wounding two others," the ministry's website 26sep.net said, identifying the assailants as "Al-Qaeda gunmen."
"Security forces responded inflicting losses upon the ranks" of the extremists, it added.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the “regional franchise of the jihadist network”, claimed responsibility for the attack in text messages and said a total of three soldiers were killed and at least two military vehicles destroyed.

On Monday, more than 100 Yemeni soldiers and at least 25 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in attacks on military positions in the country's restive south.