Men stand near bodies of victims of the explosion at a bullet factory in the southern Yemeni town of Jaar. REUTERSBlast at Yemen Munitions Plant Kills More Than 100 -- Wall Street Journal
SAN'A, Yemen—An explosion at a munitions factory in southern Yemen killed more than 100 people, mostly local residents, after a group of unknown gunman had seized control of the site from the Yemeni military, according to witnesses and medical officials.
The cause of Monday's tragedy—and the events leading up to the powerful blast—are disputed by Yemen's central government, which is clinging to power amid an increasingly tense political crisis, and local residents and medical officials who treated the injured and helped remove victims' bodies from the site. President Ali Abdullah Saleh has warned that if he were pushed from office, al Qaeda would likely exploit the power vacuum and expand its reach in the strategically important Middle Eastern country.
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