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Eight shot dead outside mosque in Yemen
A gunman has opened fire outside a village mosque in Yemen, killing at least eight people, an official said.
- Agencies
- Published: 16:10 May 30, 2008
Sana'a: A gunman has opened fire outside a village mosque in Yemen on Friday, killing at least eight people, an official said.
Dozens of people were also wounded in the shooting in Amran province, north of Sana'a.
"It was apparently a lone gunman with a machinegun," the official said, adding that the gunman fled.
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