A military source said that unknown gunmen attacked on Sunday a military site of the 115th Infantry Brigade forces in the northern outskirts of Lauder city in Abyan province, southeast of Yemen.

The source told Almasdaronline that gunmen riding motorcycles have opened fire from their automatic guns on a number of security personnel safeguarding the brigade’s oil station, before fleeing away.

The source noted that the government troops clashes with the gunmen, but no details about the casualties from both sides were reported.