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Car bomb rocks police compound in Yemen, kills two (1st Lead)
Jul 25, 2008, 5:58 GMT
Sana'a, Yemen - A powerful car bomb tore through a police compound in south-eastern Yemen Friday, leaving at least two people dead and eight injured, police and witnesses said.
The bombing destroyed the main police centre in Sayoun city of Hadharmout province, 900 kilometres south-east of the capital Sana'a, witnesses said.
Police sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that a suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden car into the building early in the morning.
Medics said eight people were injured in the explosion.
The al-Qaeda network has carried out several attacks in eastern Yemen, however, no group has claimed responsibility for Friday's car bomb.
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