UK envoy survives Yemen attack
- 12 years ago
The British ambassador to Yemen has survived a suicide attack on his convoy.
The bomber targeted Tim Torlott as he was travelling to his office in the capital Sanaa.
Security officials said the bomber was a 22-year-old man disguised in a school uniform, while Yemen's interior ministry said blamed al-Qaeda.
Monday's bombing is the first suicide attack in Yemen since March 2009 when a South Korean delegation was targeted - no-one was killed in that blast.
Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports.
The bomber targeted Tim Torlott as he was travelling to his office in the capital Sanaa.
Security officials said the bomber was a 22-year-old man disguised in a school uniform, while Yemen's interior ministry said blamed al-Qaeda.
Monday's bombing is the first suicide attack in Yemen since March 2009 when a South Korean delegation was targeted - no-one was killed in that blast.
Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports.