Yemen market blast kills at least 6

  • 12 years ago
An injured man is rushed to the hospital after an explosion ripped through a market in Yemen.

At least six people are dead and several others wounded in the central Taiz province.

Local media reported that a man involved in a business dispute threw a bomb into the market.

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EYEWITNESS GASSEM HASSAN SAYING:

"It was a powerful explosion and severe and at the scene I found the bodies lying on the ground in front of the vegetable market. I saw the wounded bleeding."

Local police have launched investigation into the blast.

Lindsey Parietti, Reuters

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