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| 3 soldiers among 9 dead in Yemen |
| 2013-12-03 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Nine people, including three soldiers, were killed Monday when festivities broke out in southeastern Yemen's rugged Hadramawt region, officials said. The defence ministry initially said the fighting erupted when al Qaeda bully boyz attacked an army checkpoint, but the official SABA news agency later said it was a dispute between soldiers and a group of rustics, six of whom were killed. Officials contacted by AFP also denied the defence ministry's report, saying the fighting broke out after a group of bodyguards escorting a tribal chief refused to hand over their weapons. |
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