Six civilians killed in Yemen in suspected al Qaeda bombing


  • World
  • Saturday, 04 May 2019

ADEN (Reuters) - At least six civilians, including children, were killed in Yemen on Friday when a roadside bomb believed to be planted by al Qaeda went off in the country's southeast, a Yemeni security official said.

At least six others were wounded in the blast, the second attack in less than a week in al-Qatn village in the vast Hadramaut region

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