Armed men attacked a high-security prison in the south Yemen city of Aden on Saturday, releasing several prisoners suspected of being members of al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP).
Smoke rises above the Yemeni prison where 14 people died in an attack by suspected al Qaeda militants. Photo: REUTERS Ten guards, three women and a child were killed during the raid orchestrated by the Yemeni-Saudi branch of al Qaeda that lasted throughout the morning.
"We are expecting the death toll to rise," a security official in Aden said.
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