(CNN) -- Yemen has dispatched paramilitary forces to a southern province following an ambush on the local governor by suspected al Qaeda militants, a government official said Thursday.
The forces are preparing for a second offensive on Shabwa province "very soon," said the Yemeni official who did not want to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
They are preparing to raid a mountainous area where a terror cell leader is suspected of hiding.
The governor of Shabwa province, Ali al-Ahmadi, was not injured when his motorcade was hit by gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades. One member of his security detail was killed and nine others injured .
The incident occurred Wednesday in Shabwa, a stronghold of an al Qaeda wing.
CNN
