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At least 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

At least 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a police academy in the

Yemeni capital Sanaa.
Police investigators said the attack bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
Medics said dozens of people were also injured in the attack, which appeared to
have been timed to coincide with the cadets leaving the academy at the end of the
school day.
Witnesses said police closed the scene of the attack and began investigating the
blast as ambulances ferried casualties to hospital.
The attack appeared to mirror a suicide bombing in May, when a suicide bomber in
army uniform struck at the heart of Yemens military establishment, killing more than
90 people during a rehearsal for an army parade in Sanaa.
That attack was claimed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which US
officials have described as the most dangerous grouping of the global militant
network.
Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda have vowed to carry their fight across Yemen
after a US-backed military offensive in May drove them out of strongholds they took
last year during protests against former President Ali Abdullah Salehs rule.
A number of attacks since the recent offensive indicate that the militants still pose a
serious threat.

3 nights in an icy car boot

July 11 2012 at 01:48pm

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Resilient: When flower farmer Brenda Carter was was rescued on Monday, she had been in her car boot for
three nights. Picture: Jannie Herbst / Leisurewheels.co.za

SHAIN GERMANER
shain.germaner@inl.co.za
An 80-year-old Mpumalanga woman had a stroke while spending a harrowing three nights
locked in the boot of her car in below-zero temperatures.
Brenda Carter, who distributes irises country-wide from her farm in Wakkerstroom, had been
watching Wimbledon with friends on Friday afternoon.
On her return home that evening at about 6pm one of her farm workers accosted her just as she
climbed out of her car outside her house next to the Wakkerstroom police station.
Weather reports from the area indicate that the temperatures dropped below 0C.
According to Mpumalanga police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Hlathi, the man had
taken little more than Carters handbag before he bundled her into the boot of her car.
Police believe this was part of an intent to murder Carter as the man knew she lived alone.
A suspect in the case was arrested yesterday. He was nabbed after allegedly being filmed on
CCTV using Carters card, which had been in her handbag, at a nearby ATM.
The 25-year-old suspect was set to appear at the Wakkerstroom Periodical Court this morning to
be charged with theft and attempted murder.
Hlathi said friends who had tried to visit her on Saturday, but were unable to find her, alerted her
son, David Carter.
David, an artist based in Joburg, tried to get in contact with his mother, but could not get hold of
her.
He then phoned one of his mothers employees and asked him to check.

The employee arrived at the house on Monday morning, and noticed a piece of scarf protruding
from the boot of Carters Mercedes.
The man quickly informed officers at the neighbouring police station, and the boot was opened
using the car key left on the cars front door.
Inside, they discovered the unconscious woman, unable to move and barely breathing after three
days in a confined and freezing space.
It is unknown at what point Carter had the stroke during her confinement, but she is still in a
serious state at Volksrust Amajuba Hospital.
David said that the suspect in the case had worked with his mother for some time, and that he
was responsible for earthworm propagation on her farm.
He told The Star this morning that despite the arrest of the man allegedly responsible for
attacking his mother, it was little comfort.
If his mother had just been able to take her blood pressure medication, the stroke that has
debilitated her would probably not have happened.
While her right side is unlikely to fully recover, doctors did say that with therapy, her speech
should improve shortly.
But David believes his mothers active lifestyle and a massive support base in the small town
would help improve her condition, and that the whole village would help out.
Carter appeared to be gaining strength this morning.
Officers and family who visited her yesterday said while she was unable to speak because of the
stroke, she was still able to recognise people she knew and she was still smiling.
Carters right side appears to have been paralysed from the stroke induced by the traumatic
events of the weekend, but her son says she is definitely on the mend.
Carter has lived in Wakkerstroom since her husband died more than a decade ago, and was
recently the subject of an online magazine feature series focusing on the success of her
business and Wakkerstroom in general.
Hlathi said while a motive for the attack had not been established, the fact that the suspect was
an employee meant that he knew the frail 80-year-old would perish if left in her car.