Gunmen kill Yemeni colonel and son in eastern Yemen - official

ADEN (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a Yemeni army colonel and his son on Sunday when he stopped his car at a roundabout in his hometown, a local official said, extending a string of assassinations of top armed forces figures by suspected Islamist militants.

Four passersby were also wounded when the gunmen, who were on foot, fired on Colonel Ahmed al-Marfadi, deputy commander of the 37th Armoured Division, and his son when they stopped at a traffic light in the centre of the town of al-Qatan in the province of Hadramout, the government official said.