Yemen soldier kills Al-Qaeda detainees to avenge his father’s murder

A young soldier participating in operations against Al-Qaeda in Yemen murdered three militant detainees who confessed to killing his colonel father, a security source said on Sunday. The soldier, a member of Yemen’s government intelligence services, carried out the killings “suddenly and without the consent of his colleagues” during an interrogation on Saturday, the source said. According to the source, the soldier’s colleagues were “angered” by the killings, but he did not face repercussions. Tribal leaders confirmed the revenge killings to AFP. The detainees were captured during a military operation last…

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