Yemeni authorities were warned ahead of AQAP prison raid - documents


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 May 2014

A policeman looks out from inside of an armored vehicle stationed near the main wall outside the central prison in Sanaa February 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni prison and interior ministry authorities had information as early as two months beforehand that al Qaeda militants were planning a prison break in the capital's main prison, documents seen by Reuters showed.

The warnings apparently went unheeded.

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