AN'A, Yemen (AP) — Authorities foiled an attempt by suicide bombers to blow up two oil installations with explosives-laden cars Friday, days after al-Qaeda threatened to strike facilities in the Persian Gulf. The four attackers and a guard were killed.
The four bombers struck in two groups during shift changes at the facilities.
In the first attack, two suicide bombers drove "at great speed" toward the Dubba Port at 5:15 a.m. in an attempt to blow up storage tanks filled with "a huge amount of oil," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The driver of the first car wore a uniform similar to those of staff at the facility, and the second driver was in a military uniform, the statement said.
It said guards "managed to blow up the rigged cars before they reached their targets."
While one vehicle was stopped outside, the other got through the gates and sped 50 yards into the compound, security officials said.
Guards opened fire and detonated it about 100 yards from pipelines containing more than 15,000 cubic feet of gas as well as a control room for pipelines bringing in crude oil, the officials said,
