Originally published on August 26, 2013<br /><br />A bomb planted on a Yemeni air force personnel transport vehicle exploded, killing at least one officer and injuring scores others, Reuters news agency reported, based on information from state media.<br /><br />Reuters reported that witnesses said: "as six people died when the device, planted on the vehicle, exploded and blew passengers' bodies into the street, but that higher toll could not be immediately confirmed."<br /><br />The agency said that separately, Yemeni police said they foiled a plot to carry out a suicide bombing inside a U.S. language institute in Sanaa. An institute spokesman denied the report, saying a small incident involving the arrest of a motorcyclist trying to travel on a closed road that had been blown out of proportion.<br /><br />The impoverished country, situated next to the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, is battling a number of armed groups, including al Qaeda fighters who Washington said this month could be planning attacks.<br /><br />Yemen's security personnel have been targeted by Islamist militants although most of the attacks have taken place in the largely lawless south and east of the Arabian Peninsula state.<br /><br />Regarding Sunday's bombing, the air force spokesman told Saba news agency: "This cowardly terrorist act resulted in the martyrdom of one person and injured a number of others, several of whom are in a serious condition. They have all been transferred to hospital."<br /><br />Saba named the dead man as Sergeant Mohammed al-Shaghdari.<br /><br />Air force officer Ameen Saree, who was among the first to reach the scene, earlier said the blast killed at least six people and wounded 26.<br /><br />There was no immediate claim of responsibility.<br /><br />Later on Sunday, a Yemeni police spokesman and a counter-terrorism official said security forces had detained a suspected al Qaeda militant trying to infiltrate the Yemen-American Language Institute (YALI) on a motorcycle.<br /><br />The police spokesman said the man was found to be carrying an explosives belt and w
