AQAP claims responsibility for US military base attack: monitor

Dubai (AFP) – Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for a December shooting at a US naval base in which a Saudi officer killed three sailors, the SITE monitor said Sunday.

“In an audio speech delivered by its leader, Qassim al-Rimi, (AQAP) claimed credit for the December 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack,” SITE, which tracks jihadist media, said in a statement.