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Al Qaida blamed over attack on US embassy in Yemen
A cell of the Al Qaida terror network was behind a failed mortar strike on the US embassy in Yemen, an Interior Ministry official said on Saturday.
- AP
- Published: 14:40 March 22, 2008
Sanaa: A cell of the Al Qaida terror network was behind a failed mortar strike on the US embassy in Yemen, an Interior Ministry official said on Saturday.
Al Qaida militant Hamza Al Dayan launched three mortars at the US embassy on Tuesday before fleeing the scene in a vehicle with three other accomplices, the official said.
The mortar shells missed the embassy and crashed into a nearby school in the downtown Sawan district of Sanaa, killing a security guard and wounding 13 schoolgirls, three grievously.
On Thursday, the police arrested five suspects in the attack. It is not clear if they have any connection to Al Dayan and his men who remain at large. The embassy has informed its non-essential staff they are permitted to leave Yemen if they want to.
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