Yemen car bomb attack killing

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Yemen car bomb attack killing at least 52 'bears hallmarks of al-Qaida'
Assailants detonated suicide car bomb at entrance of defence ministry building in Sana'a, allowing gunmen to enter

By Adam Baron in Sana'a and Ian Black, Middle East editor, theguardian.com, 5 Dec., 2013

[....] Yemen's higher security committee said 52 doctors and nurses were killed and about 162 people were injured. It did not give a number for officers and gunmen killed.

The ministry's medical clinic appeared to have borne the brunt of the attack, though it was unclear if foreigners were the target [....]

Security sources suggested that the assault on what was supposedly one of the most secure buildings in the heart of the capital was timed to coincide with a routine visit to the US by the minister of defence, Mohammed Nasser Ahmed.

It followed recent attacks on military bases in Yemen's eastern provinces of Shabwa and Hadramawt, which have also been blamed on the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) [....]

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