SANAA: American journalist Luke Somers was killed Saturday during an operation aimed at freeing him from al Qaeda militants in Yemen, a senior Yemeni security official said.
"The American hostage Somers was killed," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity and without giving any further details.
Earlier, another security official had said the 33-year-old photojournalist was wounded and carried away by US soldiers in the rescue attempt in southeast Yemen.
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