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| Yemen navy foils suicide attack on its warship: Ministry |
| 2011-08-29 |
| [Straits Times] Yemen's navy has foiled a suicide kaboom on one of its warships off the coast of the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Abyan province in the south, the defence ministry said on its Internet site on Sunday. 'A small high-speed boat tried to approach one of our warships on Saturday' off Abyan, navy chief Rear Admiral Ruiss Abdullah Mujawar was quoted as saying on the 26sep.net site. The vessel continued on its course despite warning shots being fired, and 'naval forces then fired at the craft, which sank along with its occupants,' he said. The defence ministry said the small boat had been filled with explosives, but gave no information on those thought to have been behind the failed attack. |
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