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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. | 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. | 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 Hadramut - a Unesco world heritage site. | Four Korean tourists and their local guide were killed in Sunday's attack in the city of Shibam in Hadramut - a Unesco world heritage site. |
A foreign ministry official in Seoul said the vehicles were carrying government officials and bereaved family members from their hotel in the capital to the airport. | |
He said no one in the convoy was hurt although some of the car windows were shattered. | 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. | The Yemeni authorities have blamed local militant groups for Sunday's suicide bombing, the latest in string of attacks against foreign targets. |
Yemeni security officials quoted by AFP said they found a piece of the bomber's identity card. It showed his address and the fact he was a 20-year-old student, they said. | |
There are conflicting reports about the perpetrators of Sunday's attack in Shibam. | |
A local teenager went up to a group of 16 Korean tourists and posed for pictures with them as the sun set over the historic high-rise desert city. Moments later, a bomb he was carrying blew up. | |
Reports initially said the attacker was linked to al-Qaeda elements in Yemen, but a later report on the official news agency said he had been "tricked into wearing an explosives vest". |