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15 killed in Yemen suicide car bomb targeting rebels: witnesses

Arab World Materials 20 October 2014 23:45 (UTC +04:00)
A suicide bomber killed 15 people, including children, when he detonated an explosives-laden car near a Shiite rebel checkpoint in central Yemen on Monday, witnesses said.
15 killed in Yemen suicide car bomb targeting rebels: witnesses

A suicide bomber killed 15 people, including children, when he detonated an explosives-laden car near a Shiite rebel checkpoint in central Yemen on Monday, witnesses said, Agence France Presse reported.

The blast went off within metres (yards) of the checkpoint in the town of Rada, scene of heavy fighting between the Al-Qaeda militants, backed by Sunni tribesmen, and rebels seeking to expand their territorial control.

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