Officials: US drone strike kills 13 in Yemen


December 12, 2013 at 8:27p.m.

Officials: US drone strike kills 13 in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Missiles fired by a U.S. drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles traveling to a wedding party in central Yemen today, killing at least 13 people, Yemeni security officials said. The officials said the attack took place in the city of Radda, the capital of Bayda province, and left charred bodies and burnt out cars on the road. The city, a stronghold of al-Qaida militants, witnessed deadly clashes early last year between armed tribesmen backed by the military and al-Qaida gunmen.