SANAA, March 15: Four tourists believed to be South Korean and a local man were killed in an explosion at a tourist site in Yemen, a official said on Sunday.

He said authorities were investigating the incident in the city of Shibam in the southern province of Hadramout and trying to identify those behind it.

The explosion occurred as the tourists visited the city dubbed the Manhattan of the Desert, which boasts the world’s oldest skyscrapers dating back to the 16th century, the official said.

Asked if the explosion was an attack, he said: “Maybe it was a terrorist attack, but it could also be remnants of dynamite from a mine going off.” Separately, authorities said they had arrested Abdullah Al Harbi, a Saudi man who was on a list of 85 suspected militants issued by Saudi Arabia in February. —Reuters
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