A bomb exploded in a prison in the southern Yemeni province of Dalea
on Thursday, injuring four inmates and allowing around 40 prisoners to
escape, a government official said.
Witnesses and southern media said all those who fled the police jail
belonged to Yemen's
southern secessionist movement, which opposes the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Recent months have seen increasingly violent clashes between separatists
and security forces, and analysts say impoverished Yemen could face a
sustained insurgency from southerners unless the government seriously
addresses their grievances.
North and South Yemen united in 1990, but many in the south -- home to
most of Yemen's oil industry -- complain northerners have seized
resources and discriminate against them.
Elsewhere in Yemen's south, an activist was shot dead and three others
were injured when security forces dispersed a protest in the city of
Radfan in Lahej province.
Western countries and neighboring Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil
exporter, fear al Qaeda
is exploiting instability in Yemen to launch attacks in the region and
beyond.
David Mikael Taclino
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