Car blast kills Briton in Yemen

ADEN/SANAA – A blast in a booby-trapped car has killed a Briton living in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden.

ADEN/SANAA – A blast in a booby-trapped car has killed a Briton living in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden.

The British government has urged its citizens to leave the country.

Opposition officials said one of their political leaders survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Sanaa, and warned of further unrest.

A security source said he believed militants were behind yesterday’s blast that killed the long-time British resident of Aden, who was in his 60s, as he started his car. – (Reuters)

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