Yemen air force jet bombs bus by mistake; 4 dead
A Yemeni air force jet mistakenly bombed a bus Wednesday in a southern town controlled by Islamic militants, killing four people, as clashes between the fighters and government troops left 23 dead on both sides.
Government forces have been trying for days to drive out the fighters who seized Zinjibar last month. The takeover of the town signaled that Islamic militants are taking advantage of the political turmoil that has gripped Yemen since a popular uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule began in mid-February.The fighters — some of them believed to be linked to Yemen’s al-Qaida branch — have taken over several towns in the south, far from the reach of the central government in the capital, Sanaa.