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Southern Yemeni officials survive grenade attack in Aden - government official


    ADEN (Reuters) - The governor of Aden and two other senior southern Yemeni officials survived a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on their convoy in the port city on Tuesday, a government official said.

    "Gunmen gathered in a courtyard fired an RPG on the convoy of the governor of Lahj province Nasser al-Habaji, the governor of Aden Aidaroos al-Zubairi and Aden security director Brigadier General Shalal Ali Shayyeh as it travelled in the Inma district," a government official said.

    "They survived the attack and armed clashes followed," the official added.

    (Reporting By Mohammed Mukhashaf; Writing by Noah Browning; Editing by Andrew Heavens)