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Yemen: Suspected militant killed by own bomb | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni security official says a suspected al-Qaeda militant accidentally set off a bomb he was preparing in a metal workshop in the capital, killing himself and injuring one other person.

The official said the explosion happened early Sunday in Sanaa’s southern Hizzayz district.

At least 10 police cadets were killed last week when a suspected al-Qaeda bomber detonated his explosives among the cadets as they were leaving the police academy in Sanaa for the weekend.

In the southern port city of Aden, meanwhile, security forces arrested two people Sunday who were driving a car rigged with explosives but a third person managed to flee, another official said.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.