Suspected Islamists stage attacks in southern Yemen as Ramadan begins


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  • Saturday, 28 Jun 2014

ADEN Yemen (Reuters) - At least five Yemeni soldiers and four suspected Islamist militants died in two attacks in southern Yemen on Saturday, the state news agency Saba and a local official said, in incidents that coincided with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Four assailants and two soldiers were killed when suspected militants attacked a hospital in the town of al-Qatan in southeast Yemen, and three soldiers were wounded, Saba said.

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