Car rigged with explosives kills 2 in Yemen

File photo - A man takes photos of the wreckage of a motorbike used in a bomb attack in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. Two suspected al-Qaeda militants died.

File photo - A man takes photos of the wreckage of a motorbike used in a bomb attack in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. Two suspected al-Qaeda militants died.

Published Jun 6, 2012

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Yemeni security officials say two civilians were killed and a third was wounded when their car, rigged by al-Qaeda militants, exploded in the southern port city of Aden.

The officials say the militants planted explosives in the car of a man they suspected of being a government informer. The man was killed in the blast, which occurred as the three were driving into Aden on Wednesday.

The officials say the injured man was taken to a hospital. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to the media.

The car's owner was from the nearby Abyan province where the Yemeni army has been engaged in fierce battles to dislodge al-Qaeda militants from areas they seized during last year's political turmoil. – Sapa-AP

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