YEMEN DENIES DETAINEES ESCAPE ALLEGATIONS

SANA'A, April 01 (Saba)- Interior Ministry denied Thursday what some media outlets reported over the escape of detainees from a prison in al-Dalea province, southern Yemen.

A security source in the Ministry said these allegations were unfounded.

A local source in al-Dalea said that a detainee of 20- subversive elements group threw a bomb to the building of Security Management in the province, wounding 6 subversive elements.

The source added that the detainees were detained on Thursday morning by security services over their involvement in riots in the province.

The security source affirmed that the group of 20 detainees is currently under investigation while the injured were sent to a hospital for treatment.

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