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tabatha

(18,795 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 01:46 PM Feb 2012

'Local al-Qaeda chief' dead in Yemen clashes - family dispute

At least 16 people have died in clashes that followed the killing of a local al-Qaeda leader during a family dispute in his stronghold southeast of the capital, Sanaa.

The clashes erupted on Thursday after Tarek al-Dahab was shot dead by his half-brother Hizam, in the town of al-Masaneh, a family fiefdom in Bayda province, several tribal chiefs told the AFP news agency.

The slain man's followers later blew up Hizam's house, killing him, tribal sources said.

"Al-Qaeda gunmen fired rockets at the house of Hizam, killing him and his brother Majid, as well as their nephew Ahmed," another source said.

Eleven armed tribesmen were killed when the vehicle transporting them was also targeted, the sources said.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/2012216104619495628.html

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