Tre svenskar påstås strida för al-Qaida i Jemen

En källa inom en jemenitisk klan i den sydliga provinsen Abyan uppger att tre svenska medborgare nyligen anslutit sig till Ansar al-Sharia i Jemen, det vill säga till den lokala avdelningen av al-Qaida.

Bikya Masr:

"SANA’A: A tribal source in Yemen southern province of Abyan said that 3 Swedish national joined lately Ansar al-Sharia fighters to fight along with them against Yemeni authorities. 

The source reported that the three Swedish entered legally to Yemen as tourists, and then they joined the militants in fighting the Yemeni government. 

They arrived in Abyan province on Monday and they are now in al-Motheleth district of Jaar city, where fierce clashes took place between Yemeni government troops backed by tribesmen and al-Qaeda militants."

Uppdatering 3/5:

Aftonbladet följer upp. Den stora kinesiska nyhetsbyrån Xinhua har en artikel som ser ut som en bekräftelse men som antagligen är en rewrite på BM.