Yemen said Thursday it was investigating reports about a shipment of explosive materials seized in an Indonesian port and reportedly bound for Yemen. Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi told reporters that his government received an alert from Indonesian authorities after Indonesian police had found the 63-ton shipment on a Chinese vessel bound for Yemen. "Our ministry is still inspecting the incident, and we have yet to get solid information about the shipment and its destination," the Yemeni minister said.
Reports from Indonesia quoted police officials in the Indonesian port of Cita Tubindo in the Batam island as saying that documents found on the ship indicated it was on its way to Yemen. According to the reports, the ship was carrying one container filled with detonators and five others packed with 63 tons of explosive powder. It was not clear when the cache was seized. |