Showing posts with label al-Mansoura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label al-Mansoura. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

Suicide bombers die in Aden blast

Yemeni defence ministry says two men killed in blast planned to attack security services building in southern city.


Two suspected suicide bombers have died in an explosion outside an intelligence building in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, according to the country's defence ministry.

The men killed in Friday's blast in the al-Mansoura district were suspected of having links to al Qaeda, the defence ministry said on its website.

"Two suicide bombers belonging to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network were killed when their motorbike exploded... early on Friday in al-Mansoura," it said, adding that the intended target of the attack was a branch of the political security services.

"The bomb-laden motorbike exploded with the two suicide bombers whose bodies were left in pieces before they managed to carry out their suicide attack that targetted a branch of the political security services in Mansura," the website quoted a security official as saying.

No other casualties were reported.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

3 policemen killed by gunmen in southern Yemen

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ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least three policemen were killed Friday morning in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a security checkpoint in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, a police officer told Xinhua.

Masked attackers believed to be linked to al-Qaida attacked with automatic weapons a checkpoint of the security forces positioned in al-Mansoura district, killing at least three policemen, the police officer said on condition of anonymity.

"The security checkpoint located in an important area near the Aden Free Zone was rained with a barrage of gunshots by terrorists from various directions," the officer said.

Witnesses told Xinhua that a police vehicle was intentionally set on fire by the gunmen before they fled.

A series of such attacks against security and intelligence officials have taken place in Aden over the past eight months.

Clashes between the police forces and gunmen were heard elsewhere in Aden earlier in the day, but no casualty were reported, according to local residents.

Taking advantage of Yemen's unrest to bolster their presence in the country's southern and eastern regions, militants of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have been launching sporadic shoot- outs and motorbike attacks on security and intelligence officials during the past several months.


from XINHUA

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