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| At least seven people have been killed by an explosion at a tourist site in Yemen, according to officials. | At least seven people have been killed by an explosion at a tourist site in Yemen, according to officials. |
| Six Spanish tourists and at least one Yemeni died in the blast at the Queen of Sheba temple in Marib. | Six Spanish tourists and at least one Yemeni died in the blast at the Queen of Sheba temple in Marib. |
| About seven others were injured, reports said, in what officials described as a car bomb attack at the gate of the site. | About seven others were injured, reports said, in what officials described as a car bomb attack at the gate of the site. |
| Yemen has faced continuing unrest in recent years, which the government often blames on al-Qaeda operatives. | Yemen has faced continuing unrest in recent years, which the government often blames on al-Qaeda operatives. |
| Witnesses said a vehicle entered a gate at the site, known in Yemen by its Arabic name Balqis, before it exploded. | Witnesses said a vehicle entered a gate at the site, known in Yemen by its Arabic name Balqis, before it exploded. |
| ATTACKS IN YEMEN October 2000: Seventeen US sailors die in suicide attack on USS Cole in Yemeni portOctober 2002: A similar attack against French tanker the Limburg kills one Bulgarian and wounds 12 othersSeptember2006: Four bombers and a security guard die when Yemeni security forces foil suicide attacks against two oil refineries March 2003: A Canadian is killed and another wounded after a Yemeni gunman opens fire at an oilfield east of Sanaa | ATTACKS IN YEMEN October 2000: Seventeen US sailors die in suicide attack on USS Cole in Yemeni portOctober 2002: A similar attack against French tanker the Limburg kills one Bulgarian and wounds 12 othersSeptember2006: Four bombers and a security guard die when Yemeni security forces foil suicide attacks against two oil refineries March 2003: A Canadian is killed and another wounded after a Yemeni gunman opens fire at an oilfield east of Sanaa |
| The victims were reported to belong to a group of around 14 Spanish tourists visiting the site, some 170km (110 miles) east of the capital, Sanaa. | The victims were reported to belong to a group of around 14 Spanish tourists visiting the site, some 170km (110 miles) east of the capital, Sanaa. |
| Witnesses said the bomb went off at around 1800 (1500 GMT) on Monday as the visitors were finishing a tour of the temple, built 3,000 years ago at the time of the Queen of Sheba. | |
| In recent year's Yemen's government has been fighting Islamists with the help of US special forces based in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa. | In recent year's Yemen's government has been fighting Islamists with the help of US special forces based in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa. |
| Yemeni security sources told Reuters news agency they believed al-Qaeda could be behind the attack. | Yemeni security sources told Reuters news agency they believed al-Qaeda could be behind the attack. |
| The group has demanded the release of militants jailed in the country. | The group has demanded the release of militants jailed in the country. |
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