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| Yemen bomb kills Spanish tourists | Yemen bomb kills Spanish tourists |
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| At least nine people have been killed after a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a tourist convoy in Yemen. | At least nine people have been killed after a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a tourist convoy in Yemen. |
| Seven Spanish tourists and at least two Yemenis died in the blast at the Queen of Sheba temple in Marib. | Seven Spanish tourists and at least two Yemenis died in the blast at the Queen of Sheba temple in Marib. |
| About seven others were injured in the attack which the Spanish foreign minister said he "totally condemned". | About seven others were injured in the attack which the Spanish foreign minister said he "totally condemned". |
| 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. |
| An interior ministry official was quoted by the country's state news agency as saying that the attack appeared to have been carried out by al-Qaeda. | An interior ministry official was quoted by the country's state news agency as saying that the attack appeared to have been carried out by al-Qaeda. |
| "Preliminary information indicates that the al-Qaeda organisation is behind the cowardly attack," the official told the Saba news agency. | "Preliminary information indicates that the al-Qaeda organisation is behind the cowardly attack," the official told the Saba news agency. |
| 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 othersMarch 2003: A Canadian is killed and another wounded after a Yemeni gunman opens fire at an oilfield east of SanaaSept 2006: Four bombers and a security guard die when Yemeni security forces foil suicide attacks against two oil refineries | |
| Witnesses said a vehicle entered a gate at the site, known in Yemen by its Arabic name Balqis, before it ploughed into the convoy of tourist cars and exploded. | Witnesses said a vehicle entered a gate at the site, known in Yemen by its Arabic name Balqis, before it ploughed into the convoy of tourist cars and exploded. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Al-Qaeda has demanded the release of militants jailed in the country. | Al-Qaeda has demanded the release of militants jailed in the country. |
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