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Suicide bombing kills 42 in Yemen
A suicide bombing blamed on al-Qaeda has killed 42 people in a southern Yemeni town recently recaptured by the army from the jihadis. Meanwhile, a suspected US drone strike late on Saturday killed five al-Qaeda The bomber struck on Saturday in Jaar, one of a number of towns in Abyan province that were recaptured by government troops in June after being held by al-Qaeda fighters for more than a year.Provincial governor Jamal al-Aqal said, "An al-Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt during a mourning ceremony organised by the Popular Resistance Committees," a local militia that fought alongside the army in its counteroffensive. An official at a hospital in Jaar said it had received the bodies of 24 of the dead, while medics said 12 people died of their injuries in three hospitals in the major southern city of Aden. The suspected US drone strike came near the village of al-Qotn in Hadramawt province in the eastern part of Yemen. A local official said, "A drone fired two missiles at an all-terrain vehicle ... killing its five occupants, all members of al-Qaeda." Posted by: ryuge 2012-08-05 |
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