The Yemeni Interior Ministry has said that security services have unveiled a terrorist plan of Al-Qaeda militants to target vital government facilities in a number of the governorates.
The ministry said in its website that Al-Qaeda militants plan to use car bombs against public institutions and vital positions.
In a statement it made it clear that it will seriously deal with Al-Qaeda threats, affirming that it took a number of security procedures to encounter the plans.
The ministry emphasized that it will go on its war against terrorism everywhere , citing that the organization suffers of a hysteria state following the success of the early presidential elections.
In a previous statement, the ministry had revealed that 300 militants of the Somali Al-Shabab Movement arrives in Yemen early of March to fight with Ansar Al-Sharia ( Supporters of the Islamic law) against the government forces.
It further said that it seized four Somalis while they were en route to Abyan governorate where clashes between the terrorist group and the Yemeni army are ongoing, hinting that Al-Qaeda militants admitted about the plans.
Units of the Yemeni military are taking part in securing some public institutions, banks as well as bridges and tunnels.
Yemen witnessed an increase of the violent acts that are carried out by Al-Qaeda militants. More than 185 Yemenis were killed in Al-Qaeda attack on some military positions of Abyan.
The Yemeni army launched strikes on Friday against the strongholds of Al-Qaeda in Abyan and Al-Badha, killing at least 40 militants.
Several families have fled Abyan, seeking refuge in nearby villages, fearful of the increasing clashes between Al-Qaeda militants and the military.