Yemen tribesmen down chopper, kill 8 troops: tribal head

August 07, 2013 00:08

Yemeni tribesmen shot down an army helicopter killing eight soldiers, today, during a clash over repairs to a main oil pipeline blown up by saboteurs, a tribal chief said.

The armed tribesmen clashed with troops in Wadi Abida, in the lawless eastern province of Marib, as gunmen prevented maintenance teams from fixing the export pipeline blown up last week, the chief told AFP.

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