UK envoy escapes 'suicide bomb'

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  • xman
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    • Sep 2006
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    UK envoy escapes 'suicide bomb'


    A suspected suicide bomber has carried out an attack near the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen in the capital, Sanaa, reports say.Ambassador Tim Torlot is safe but one person - not embassy staff - is dead, Reuters news agency quotes a security source as saying.

    The UK Foreign Office said it was "urgently" looking into the matter.

    The US and UK temporarily closed their embassies in Yemen in January amid fears of an imminent al-Qaeda attack.

    This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.


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