Bombing suspect held in Yemen

Yemeni security forces have arrested a man they say was involved in the 2000 bombing of the US destroyer Cole that killed 17 American sailors.

An official said the man, identified only by his surname of al-Nagar, played a major role in the attack in Aden harbour carried out by suicide bombers who rammed an explosives-laden boat into the destroyer.

It was not immediately clear what his exact role was in the attack, which has been blamed on Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.

Al-Nagar was arrested earlier this month in a house in Lawdar, a town 155 miles south-east the capital San’a.

Police arrested two other wanted al-Qaida militants in the same town this month.