The Yemeni government on Sunday said there had been an assassination attempt on the country's presidential adviser , the latest in a wave of bombings and shootings .
A sniper opened fire with a gun equipped with a silencer on Saturday at Yassin Said Noman car as he drove through the capital Sanaa , the official Saba news agency said .
Noman is also vice president of the Yemeni National Dialogue .
The bullet did not hit Noman as the armored vehicle , said Saba .
Meanwhile, two Yemeni officers killed Sunday in separate attacks , a security official and defense ministry website .
In the first attack , unidentified gunmen riding a car shot dead the head of security at the presidential palace in Yemen 's second largest city , Taez , the official said .
The officer was killed on the road in the attack , which took place when he was going to work, the official said without elaborating .
In Bayda province , southern Yemen , the deputy police chief Abdullah Mohammed killed in ' attack by armed men " , said the defense ministry website 26sep.net .
Members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is usually blamed for attacks on military personnel and officials increased in recent time in Yemen .
The group recognizes a bold daylight attack against the ministry of defense that killed 56 people on Thursday .
Two doctors from Germany , two from Vietnam and one from Yemen was killed , also two female nurses from the Philippines and one from India , the state news agency Saba .
The medical workers were killed in the attack to work at a hospital in the ministry complex .
Noon raid was the worst single attack in Yemen during 18 months .
Al Qaeda militants strengthen their presence in southeastern Yemen , taking advantage of the weakening of the central government due to the anti - government uprising that erupted in January 2011 that eventually oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh , according to AFP .
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