Yemen: Persons killed in the explosion are from al-Qaida including an American

Yemeni security sources said yesterday that the five persons who were killed on Sunday in the car explosion incident, attributed to an American attack, with the wanted Ali Qaid Sanyan al-Harithi are among the "dangerous members" of al-Qaida organization and among them was a person carrying the American nationality.

These sources said that the five men who were killed in the explosion which took place in al-Naq'aa area of Mareb province to the east of Sanaa are among the "active and dangerous elements in al-Qaida organization, wanted by the security departments to be brought before the justice, noting that these elements took part together with al-Harithi; known as "Abu Ali" in "planning and implementing destruction acts that damaged the Yemeni national interests."