Armed tribesmen kidnap Uzbek doctor in Yemen

ADEN, March 1 | Tue Mar 1, 2011 1:08am EST

ADEN, March 1 (Reuters) - Armed tribesmen kidnapped an Uzbek doctor in Yemen, demanding the government hold accountable those responsible for an air strike on their city years ago, tribal sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Abdulhamid Jun, a doctor at a hospital in Shabwa province, was abducted late on Monday by the tribesmen and taken to the flashpoint province of Abyan, where an airstrike against al Qaeda suspects in December 2009 killed dozens of people.

(Reporting by Mohammed Mukhashaf; Writing by Erika Solomon)

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