Car bomb kills two in Yemeni

  • 12 years ago
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A car bomb blast in Yemen killed a local military official on Thursday in the port city of Mukalla, according to state-run Saba news agency.

Brigadier Omar Salim Ba-Rashid, a dean of a Yemeni military academy, died in the blast along with his bodyguard.

His son was also wounded, according to the al-Masdar news website.

Yemen declared victory in June over militants calling themselves Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law), but they continue to pose a serious threat, despite losing control over territory they controlled for most of last year.

However, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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