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| Japanese envoy stabbed in Yemen kidnap attempt | |
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| A Japanese diplomat has been wounded in a failed kidnap attempt by armed men in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. | |
| The second secretary at the embassy was stabbed several times by unknown men and is in a stable condition in hospital, embassy officials say. | |
| The diplomat was resisting a kidnap attempt as he tried to get into his car, Japan's foreign ministry said, without releasing the man's name. | |
| Attacks on foreigners in Yemen have intensified in the past few months. | Attacks on foreigners in Yemen have intensified in the past few months. |
| Yemen has been plagued by instability since its long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh handed over power after a popular uprising in 2011. | |
| Increased danger | |
| "We are still in the process of confirming and gathering information about the attack," Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Masaru Sato told the Associated Press. | |
| Mr Sato said a safety warning had been issued to Japanese nationals in the area. | |
| Earlier this month, 52 people were killed in an attack on Yemen's defence ministry that was later claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). | |
| The group's media arm, al-Malahim, said the ministry complex in Sanaa had been targeted because US unmanned drones were being operated from there. | |
| Yemen has held a National Dialogue Conference, bringing together various political groups and interests, as part of the process to draft a new constitution and pave the way for general elections next year. |