Al-Qaeda has denied its responsibility for the killing of a Saudi diplomat, Khalid Al-Enizi in Sana'a on Thursday, a Yemeni newspaper quoted sources of al-Qaeda as saying.

Alyaman Alyawam Newspaper owned by the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh added that al-Qaeda paid money to kidnappers of a Saudi diplomat, Abdullah al-Khalidi, who was kidnapped last March.

It further spelt out he was kidnapped due disagreements with a Yemeni tribal family.

The Saudi Ambassador to Yemen, Ali al-Hamadan, had said that gunmen attempted to abduct al-Enizi, singling out that he resisted them and they killed them opened fire at him.

Yemen's security authorities offered on Wednesday $25 thousand to anyone who will give information that might lead to the arrest of the killers of a Saudi diplomat, Khalid al-Enizi.

Gunmen dressed in security force uniforms of the Central Security killed al-Eniz and his bodyguard close to his residency at the heart of the capital Sana'a.

Saudi Arabia, which is a major donor to their poor neighbor and hosted the signing of the deal for President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi to take power, strongly supported Yemen in combating Al-Qaeda.

Hadi conducted an offensive against Al-Qaeda and could cleanse them from their main hideouts in Abyan and Shabwa governorates, but Al-Qaeda resorted to use other tactics including assassinations and bombing in its war against the Yemeni government.

A Saudi diplomat, Abdullah Al-Khalidi, was kidnapped in the port city of Aden on March 28 and several video messages of al-Khalidi were posted by Al-Qaeda in which he appealed to the Saudi authorities to meet the demands of captors through releasing Al-Qaeada prisoners and pay a ransom.