Summary Al Qaeda has said that its second-most senior commander in Yemen has not been killed.
SANAA (AP) - Al Qaeda in Yemen has posted a statement on militant websites saying that its second-most senior commander has not been killed. It s the second time the group has denied Saeed al-Shihri s death.
The Saudi national, who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, is "alive and in good health," according to a senior Al Qaeda cleric in Yemen and the group s media arm, al-Malahem.
A Yemeni police official told The Associated Press on Monday that security forces may have been too quick announcing al-Shihri s death in January based on information from Saudi Arabia. The official spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to release the information to reporters.
Yemeni officials had claimed the Al Qaeda commander was killed by a U.S. drone strike.
