Islamist militants on 4 December attacked the governor of Shabwa, in southeast Yemen, in a roadside assault. Governor Ali Ahmed al-Rasas, who was with his brother at the time of the attack, was leaving a family home near the town of Al-Baidah, some 400 kilometers southeast of Sanaa. Al-Rasas, who was wounded in the assault, was transferred to a local hospital for surgery. His brother was killed in the incident. Local tribal sources in Yemen told AFP that the assault had been carried out by members of the Islamist group, Takfir wa Hijra. The governor's brother is believed to have been an intelligence official in the Ibb governorate.