Deadly attack hits Yemen convoy

17/10/2010| IslamWeb

Armed men have ambushed a military convoy in the mountainous Abyan province in southern Yemen, killing three soldiers and injuring at least two.

The convoy of security forces was heading east from Zinjibar, Abyan's provincial capital, when it came under attack on Saturday.

The air force responded by bombing the attackers to give the convoy cover to continue its journey to the town of Mudia, according to a security official.

'Volatile area'

An Al Jazeera source said that four men in a car involved in the attack on the convoy died when their explosives prematurely detonated.

However, it is not confirmed whether they were 'suicide' bombers or if they were just planning to plant the bomb on the main road, waiting to remotely detonate it once the convoy advanced.

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Yemeni soldiers man a security checkpoint at the entrance of the southern province of Abyan in August 2010.

Agencies