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Yemen: At Least 6 Die as Saudi Border Post Is Attacked Yemen: At Least 6 Die After Saudi Border Post Is Attacked
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At least six people, including a suicide bomber and two security officers, were killed at a Saudi-Yemeni border crossing on Friday in attacks that highlighted the threat posed by militants to the security of both nations. Gunmen killed the commander of a border patrol on the Saudi side of the Wadia border post and security forces then killed three of the attackers in an ensuing firefight, said the Saudi state news agency SPA. A Yemeni official said the gunmen, believed to be Al Qaeda militants, had escaped into Saudi Arabia after their attack. Separately, Yemen’s state agency Saba reported that a suicide bomber had driven a car filled with explosives into the Yemeni side of the Wadia border crossing, killing himself and one soldier and wounding another. Saudi Arabia has long viewed its 1,100-mile border with Yemen as a major security challenge and since 2003 has been building a fence to deter militants and criminals, but work has often been interrupted by protesting tribesmen who say it prevents them accessing pastures for their livestock. In May, Saudi Arabia said it had detained 62 people suspected of links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks in the kingdom.At least six people, including a suicide bomber and two security officers, were killed at a Saudi-Yemeni border crossing on Friday in attacks that highlighted the threat posed by militants to the security of both nations. Gunmen killed the commander of a border patrol on the Saudi side of the Wadia border post and security forces then killed three of the attackers in an ensuing firefight, said the Saudi state news agency SPA. A Yemeni official said the gunmen, believed to be Al Qaeda militants, had escaped into Saudi Arabia after their attack. Separately, Yemen’s state agency Saba reported that a suicide bomber had driven a car filled with explosives into the Yemeni side of the Wadia border crossing, killing himself and one soldier and wounding another. Saudi Arabia has long viewed its 1,100-mile border with Yemen as a major security challenge and since 2003 has been building a fence to deter militants and criminals, but work has often been interrupted by protesting tribesmen who say it prevents them accessing pastures for their livestock. In May, Saudi Arabia said it had detained 62 people suspected of links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks in the kingdom.