Police troopers stand guard on a police truck securing the vicinity of the Defence Ministry compound in Sanaa December 7, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen said senior al Qaeda militants were targeted in Thursday's air strike in al-Bayda province, the first government statement on an incident which local officials said killed 15 people on their way to a wedding.
Local officials said the wedding party was hit in an air strike on Thursday in the south of Yemen after being mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, and five people were also injured.
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