Yemen authorities foil attempts to blow up oil facilities

Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives-packed cars, but authorities foiled the attacks.

One security guard and four bombers were killed, the Interior Ministry said today.

The attempts occurred 35 minutes apart and targeted a Yemeni oil refinery in the north-east province of Mareb, and a Canadian-Yemeni oil storage facility at the Dubba Port in Haramut province – scene of a 2002 attack on the French tanker Limburg, an Interior Ministry statement said.

The statement said an investigation was under way to determine the identity of the “terrorist elements” behind the attacks.