Baku-APA. Pro-secession gunmen kidnapped two army soldiers from a military checkpoint in Yemen's southern province of al-Dhalea on Wednesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The incident took place in the eastern suburbs of al-Dhalea province when a group of pro-secession gunmen attacked a military post with two rocket-propelled grenades and abducted two soldiers, the local security official said on condition of anonymity.
"After the attack, the gunmen who were wearing military uniform took the two soldiers to an unknown location," the security source said.
"The gunmen broke into the small military outpost and seized all ammunition there," he added.
Sources of the pro-secession Southern Movement were not available for comment.
The government has blamed an armed faction of the pro-secession Southern Movement for similar attacks that have killed many senior military and intelligence officials.
North and South Yemen unified peacefully in 1990, but their relationship deteriorated in 1994. Calls for separation in the country's southern regions were renewed in 2007, as southerners have complained of being marginalized.
Pro-secession protests have multiplied in the south amid a worsening economic situation in Yemen
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