Two Yemenis killed in an explosion in Sanaa
Yemen, Local, 8/10/2002

Two Yemenis were killed and a third was wounded gravely in an explosion which took place in Sanaa on Friday.

Witnesses said the explosion whose reasons were not known, took place inside one house in "Bear Obeid" quarters to the south of the capital Sanaa.

One rescue man said that the explosion might be a result of explosives hidden in the flat.

Sanaa has recently witnessed a series of explosions that targeted houses and offices of officials in the political security department ( the intelligence ), claimed by an unidentified group called "Ansar Tanzim al-Qaeda"( al-Qaeda organization partisans ). This group calls for releasing 172 detainees held by the Yemeni political security.

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