(VOVworld) – Yemen’s Colonel Ali Fadhil of the Political Security Agency was killed in an assassination bombing on Sunday.

Violent attacks and high-profile assassinations are increasingly common in Yemen (Photo: theaustralian.com.au)

An explosive device concealed under his car exploded as the car left the Oil and Minerals Ministry. An investigation into the attack is underway. Violent attacks and high-profile assassinations are increasingly common in Yemen, where a popular uprising in 2011 weakened the control of the government. The Yemeni government has blamed most assassinations on an Al-Qaeda group that is widely considered the organization’s most dangerous regional branch in the Middle East.