- SANAA: Yemen has detained a German, an Iraqi and two others it accuses of involvement in a failed suicide attack on the British ambassador's convoy in Sanaa in April, a Defense Ministry website said on Thursday.
Prosecutors were questioning the four over the attack that killed the bomber and wounded three people, the website said.
Al Qaeda's Yemen-based regional wing claimed responsibility for the bombing, accusing the envoy of leading a war on Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula on Britain's behalf. Yemen has been a key Western security concern since the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda arm claimed responsibility for a failed December attempt to bomb a US-bound passenger plane.
Western countries want Yemen to deal with domestic conflicts and shift its focus to fighting Al-Qaeda.
Yemen has identified the bomber as a 22-year-old Yemeni, whose father said had been released from prison earlier this year but disappeared weeks before the bombing.