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Local al-Qaeda chief killed in Yemen

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Tarek al-Dahab "was killed by his half-brother Hizam in the town of Al-Manasah," a family fiefdom in Bayda province, a family member told AFP without giving reasons for the slaying.

Dahab had in January taken over control of the town of Radah but later withdrew from the area.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012