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Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen | Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen |
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A suicide bomber has attacked a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday. | A suicide bomber has attacked a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday. |
Officials said no one apart from the bomber was harmed in this attack. | |
Reports say he walked between two cars in the Korean convoy as it was driving back to the airport in Sanaa and detonated an explosives belt. | |
Four Korean tourists and their local guide were killed in Sunday's attack in the city of Shibam in Hadramawt - a popular attraction with tourists. | Four Korean tourists and their local guide were killed in Sunday's attack in the city of Shibam in Hadramawt - a popular attraction with tourists. |
A foreign ministry official in Seoul said the vehicles were carrying government officials and bereaved family members from their hotel to the airport. | |
He said no one in the convoy was hurt although some of the car windows were shattered. | |
The Yemeni authorities have blamed local militant groups for Sunday's suicide bombing, the latest in string of attacks against foreign targets. |