Sunday 2 October 2011

Friendly firing kills 29 soldiers in Yemen (Mian Shakeel Aslam)

Mian Shakeel Aslam---A Yemeni government aircraft bombed its own troops accidentallykilling 29 soldiers, a security official told media on Sunday.

Have the incident happened on Saturday night to do in the southern province of Abyan, where Yemeni forces were Islamic militants,said the Yemeni security forces officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"The attack was an accident, and many people lost their lives,"said the official, who was not authorized to speak to the media.

State news agency Saba denies attack took place against the soldiers in Abyan.

The soldiers of a school in a suburb of Zinjibar, the capital of the province of Abyan, bombarded as a launching pad for militants in the region, where they strike, said the official.

The militants fought government forces since May when they announced the province was an Islamic emirate

 Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/02/world/meast/yemen-soldiers-killed/index.htm...

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