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Al-Qaeda says responsible for car bomb in Yemen
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in southern Yemen that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens when it was driven towards a presidential palace in the city of Mukalla in Hadramout province on Saturday.
Updated on: Feb 25, 2012, 20:23:38 IST
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Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in southern Yemen that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens when it was driven towards a presidential palace in the city of Mukalla in Hadramout province on Saturday.
"Al-Qaeda is responsible for the suicide bombing in Mukalla in retaliation for the Republican Guard's crimes," an al-Qaeda source told Reuters.
Yemen's newly sworn in president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, had taken the oath of office hours earlier in the capital Sanaa.
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