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Gunmen attack Yemeni airport

Siege by loyalists to ex-president comes after firings

By Ahmed al-Haj

 |  Associated Press  

  April 08, 2012

Gunmen loyal to Yemen’s ousted president blasted buildings at the country’s main airport with anti-aircraft guns on Saturday, forcing authorities to shut it down, an airport official said. Armed tribesmen and troops in uniform driving pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons opened fire on a tower and destroyed it, he said. Then they surrounded the airport at the capital Sana, cut roads and sent passengers’ vehicles away. Authorities canceled flights, the official said.

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