 SANAA, Yemen, April 4 (UPI) -- Two Yemeni soldiers and a Saudi army officer were killed in joint Saudi-Yemeni military maneuvers inside Yemeni territories, reports said Monday. Yemen's ruling General People's Congress party said on its Web site the troops were killed in accidents during preparations for maneuvers, which started Friday in the region of Murassas. The statement said one soldier died when his military jeep veered off the road and turned over. The second was killed during preparations, the Web site said without elaborating. It quoted Saudi sources as sating 1st Lt. Salman Shahwani died when his car burst into flame. It was not immediately known what caused the incident and whether friendly fire was the reason. | Spontaneous Vehicle Combustion? |
Artillery, tank and air force units from the Saudi and Yemeni armies have conducted joint maneuvers for the first time as part of agreement to boost security and military cooperation between the two neighboring Arab countries. |