Deputy head of intelligence in the southeastern Yemeni city of Mukalla was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire at him

Deputy head of intelligence in the southeastern Yemeni city of Mukalla was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire at him on Tuesday, a security official said.
  
Colonel Ahmed al-Ramada, deputy chief of political security in the city, was killed on his way to work, the official told AFP, adding that Al-Qaeda could have been behind the attack.
  
Mukalla, located on the Gulf of Aden, is the main city of the eastern province of Hadramawt.