suicide car bomber kills three policemen and injures seven at a checkpoint in the port city of Aden on the Arabian Sea.

 

A suicide car bomber kills three policemen and injures seven at a checkpoint in the port city of Aden on the Arabian Sea. Gunmen firing their weapons drive through the checkpoint after the bombing on the road linking Aden to Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan, which has fallen under the control of Islamic militants affiliated with al-Qaida. Also, three soldiers and 12 militants are killed in clashes between Islamists and army units advancing on Zinjibar.