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10 dead in army shelling of funeral tent in south Yemen

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AFP Aden
An army tank shelled a funeral tent erected at a school in southern Yemen today, killing 10 people among them children, and wounding 15 others, a medic and witnesses said.

"We received 10 bodies, among them children, and 15 wounded people," the medic told AFP.

Witnesses said that an army tank had shelled the tent in Sanah, 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the Yemeni capital in Daleh province, in an attack linked to tension between southerners and authorities.

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First Published: Dec 27 2013 | 6:57 PM IST

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