A total of 10 members of Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen escaped from a prison in the southeastern province of Hadhramout, a government official said.
"The prison break occurred late on Thursday night when a number of prisoners attacked the wardens in Seiyun city," the local official on condition of anonymity told Xinhua news agency.
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The 10 Qaida members who managed to break prison have been charged with launching terror operations in Yemen, he added.
The pro-government forces are carrying out a huge manhunt for the fugitives, the official told Xinhua.
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The Yemen-based Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for many high-profile attacks against newly-recruited security troops, in an attempt to exploit years of conflict between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels to expand its presence in the war-ravaged country.
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