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| Japanese envoy hurt in Yemen attack | Japanese envoy hurt in Yemen attack |
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| A Japanese diplomat has been wounded in a reported failed kidnap attempt by armed men in Yemen. | |
| The second secretary at the embassy was stabbed five times by unknown men in an attack which took place in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the embassy said. | |
| The diplomat was resisting a kidnap attempt in front of his house, Reuters reported. But another report said attackers struck the envoy in his car. | |
| Attacks on foreigners in Yemen have intensified in the past few months. | |
| Yemen has been plagued by instability since its longtime president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, handed over power after a popular uprising in 2011. |