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Summary Bombardment in Zinjibar started on Saturday night, an official said.
A Yemeni security official says government shelling has killed five al-Qaeda-linked militants in a southern town, while one soldier has died in a landmine explosion in the same area.The official says the bombardment in Zinjibar started on Saturday night and continued through early Sunday.He says a Yemeni soldier died when he stepped on a mine Sunday east of Zinjibar. He spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.During the past year of turmoil in Yemen, al-Qaeda-linked militants seized control of parts of the south including Zinjibar. Government operations have failed to oust them.On Saturday, a car bomb killed at least 25 people in the south, hours after the countrys new president was formally inaugurated.
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