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Yemen drone strikes kills farmer -witnesses [View all]
Source: Reuters
Yemen drone strikes kills farmer -witnesses
ADEN Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:58am EST
(Reuters) - A Yemeni farmer was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Wednesday in what witnesses said was an attack apparently intended for suspected Islamist militants in southeastern Yemen.
Witnesses said the farmer was killed by shrapnel from two rockets fired by the drone early in the morning as he walked home in the village of al-Houta, near the city of Shibam.
A local government official confirmed the report but declined to give further details.
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ADEN Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:58am EST
(Reuters) - A Yemeni farmer was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Wednesday in what witnesses said was an attack apparently intended for suspected Islamist militants in southeastern Yemen.
Witnesses said the farmer was killed by shrapnel from two rockets fired by the drone early in the morning as he walked home in the village of al-Houta, near the city of Shibam.
A local government official confirmed the report but declined to give further details.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-yemen-strike-idUSBREA0E0XQ20140115
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