Marib, Yemen: 9 car bomb cell members arrested

9 terror suspects arrested in Yemen
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:21:13
Source: Agencies

Nine terror suspects have been arrested in Yemen.
Yemeni security forces have arrested nine citizens allegedly involved in last month's car bomb attack which claimed the lives of 10 people.
Helicopters were reportedly used to track down the suspects south of the capital Sanaa on Monday.
"Among the suspects are three Yemenis who have recently returned from Iraq," the security official said on condition of anonymity.
The attack occurred in early July when a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the tour group's convoy at a temple linked to the ancient Queen of Sheba in the central province of Marib, killing eight Spaniards and two Yemenis.
According to the officials, the body of the Yemeni suicide bomber, 21-year-old Abdu Mohammed Saad Ahmed, was identified by the use of the DNA.
Ahmed was part of a 10-person terror group that included eight Yemenis, a Saudi national and an Egyptian, the government said.
Dewidar, an alleged al-Qaeda operative, was killed three days after the attack while resisting arrest.
Although more than a dozen people have been arrested in connection with the investigation, none of the members of the terror cell have been captured.

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