Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012
("Qaeda Claims Deadly Attack On A Yemen Presidential Palace," at 1557 GMT, misstated the name of the attacker in the second paragraph. The correct version follows:)
DUBAI (AFP)--Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a suicide attack on a presidential palace in southeast Yemen that had killed 26 Republican Guards over the weekend, in a statement released on jihadist forums.
"The hero martyr Abu Muhjen al-Sayari attacked with his bomb-laden car Republican Guard troops inside the presidential palace in Mukalla, Hadramawt's capital, killing nearly 30 officers and soldiers and wounding more than 50," said the statement.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
29-02-12 1618GMT
