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Yemen police capture key Qaeda chief Wednesday, 06 Jan, 2010 Police drive an off-road patrol vehicle through a checkpoint on a road near the Saudi border in the western Yemeni province of Hajja, October 10, 2009. - Reuters SANAA: Yemeni police on Wednesday arrested a key Al-Qaeda chief believed to be behind threats that saw several foreign missions in the capital Sanaa close their doors, a security official said. Mohammed al-Hanq had evaded arrest on Monday during a security force raid in Arhab, 40 kilometres north of Sanaa, in which two of his relatives were killed and three other people wounded. "Mohammed al-Hanq and two others who were wounded were captured in a hospital in Amran," province, north of Sanaa, the official told AFP. They were found in a hospital in Reedah, in Amran, he said. The US embassy, which had closed for two days due to security concerns over an Al-Qaeda threat against foreign interests, cited "successful" security operations north of the capital as it reopened for business on Tuesday. The British and French embassies, which also closed their doors, resumed operations on Wednesday. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
