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Yemeni senior military officials have confirmed the killing of Saeed Ali al-Shihri, the second-in-command of the al Qaeda in Yemen. Six other terrorists were also killed in an army raid in southeastern province of Hadramout Monday. Al-Shihri, a Saudi national and al Qaeda's number two man, was the target of a well-planned army raid against a hideout of al Qaeda in a desert region of the southeastern Hadramout province Monday morning, the Yemeni military officials told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The unidentified officials confirmed that al-Shihri had been killed along with six other al-Qaeda members. Earlier on Monday, Yemen 's defense ministry said its armed forces killed al-Shihri in a raid in Hadramout. Elite units of the Yemeni armed forces shelled a compound, where a squad of al Qaeda militants reportedly had gathered for a meeting. An intelligence officer told Xinhua anonymously that al Shihri's death will dealt a heavy blow to the al Qaeda wing, which has lost a string of top leaders at the hands of the U.S. drone strikes earlier this year. The AQAP has yet issued a statement to confirm al-Shihri's death. Al-Shihri had served a prison term in the U.S. military prison in Guantanamu before he was deported to the Saudi Arabia , where he fled to Yemen along with other hundreds of Saudi wanted militants to join the AQAP.

Death of No. 2 Al Qaeda leader in Yemen confirmed