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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-10 04:02 AM
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UK envoy in Yemen 'escapes suicide bomb'
Source: BBC

A suspected suicide bomber has carried out an attack near the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen in the capital, Sanaa, reports say.

Ambassador Tim Torlot is safe but at least one person - reported to be the attacker - is dead, security sources were quoted as saying.
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Witnesses say that the suspected bomber was slow in targeting the convoy and he died in the blast.

There are unconfirmed reports that a second person - possibly a bystander - was also killed.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8643419.stm
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