Bomb attack kills three police in Yemen

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SANAA, April 16, 2008 (AFP) — Three Yemeni policemen were killed and four wounded on Wednesday when a bomb went off as they parked their car in the city of Marib, security and hospital sources said.

The blast occurred at the spot where the policemen parked every day in the city located around 170 kilometres (105 miles) east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, destroying the vehicle, witnesses said.

A security source in Marib told AFP that the bomb was detonated by remote control at 8:15 am (0515 GMT), while Marib's governor was quoted as saying the blast resulted from a landmine.

The explosion was the latest in a series of recent attacks, including two targeting US interests and claimed by Al-Qaeda.

The latest bombing "carries the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda,"...