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| After AQAP Mail Bombs, Explosive Package Kills Teenage Girl in Dhale |
| 2010-11-15 |
| [Yemen Post] In an unprecedented incident in south Yemen after AQAP-claimed mail plots that triggered a global scare late last month, a teenage girl died and her brother was injured when a parcel sent to their father went off on Sunday. The package was an explosive electric clock gifted to the father, a headmaster of a school in Juban city, Dhale, by an anonymous sender. The explosive package was sent through the taxi terminal in Rada'a city, Baidha'a, along with child toys and addressed to Qayed Muhammad Abdullah Al-Amri, informed sources said. Receiving the package and toys, the father gave the toys to his kids and opened the package normally, they said. He hung the clock on the wall and waited until the electricity came back, they said, adding that the tragedy happened when his daughter, Aya, connected power to the clock that went kaboom!leaving her dead at once. Her brother, Adeeb, was injured and the house suffered damage as well. The parents were shocked because the package was unexpected. The security forces were dispatched to the site to investigate the incident that took place after, according to independent sources, the father received a phone call from an anonymous person days ago who informed him that one of his friends had sent him a gift on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. The incident has drawn wide condemnation by locals who are expected to stage a march on Monday to protest the heinous crime rejected by religion and custom. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 heinous crime rejected by religion and custom. Seems like a pretty normal expression of their religion & custom to me. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-11-15 08:07 |