ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a checkpoint manned by Shi'ite Muslim fighters in northern Yemen on Friday, killing at least three people, officials and local people said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the sources said the attack in al Jawf province bore the hallmarks of Sunni Islamist al Qaeda militants, who have carried out similar attacks on northern Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi tribal group in the past.
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