Yemen says 52 doctors, nurses killed in attack on ministry


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Dec 2013

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's Higher Security Committee said 52 doctors and nurses were killed in Thursday's attack on the Ministry of Defence and around 162 people were injured.

A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing army uniforms targeted the ministry compound in the capital Sanaa in the worst single attack in Yemen for 18 months.

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