MADRID, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Seven Spanish tourists died on Monday, and six more Spaniards were injured, due to carbomb attack in Yemen, Spain's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

    The attack took place at about 6:00 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) in Marib, some 190 km from Sanaa, Yemen's capital. The victims were part of a group of 14 Spaniards who were touring the area.

    The tourists were part of a convoy of 20 all-terrain vehicles, which was around 100 meters from the landmark 3,000-year-old Mahram Belques Temple, building during the rule of the legendary Queen of Sheba.

    The injured were transferred to a hospital in Mareb. No one hasyet taken responsibility for the attack.

    A Yemen Interior Ministry official told reporters that, "preliminary information indicates that Al Qaida is behind this cowardly attack".

    He said that the attack had also killed two Yemenis who worked as chauffeurs and tour guides, and injured two other Yemenis.

    The Al Qaida group in Yemen had recently issued a statement, demanding the release of fighters from Yemeni jails and threatening to carry out attacks if demands are not met.

    UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Yemen

    UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Monday the deadly terrorist attack in Yemen.

    In a statement released by his spokesperson, Ban said he is appalled by the killing of seven Spanish tourists and two Yemeni nationals, and the wounding of eight other people, in a suicide car bombing Monday near an archaeological site in the province of Marib in Yemen. Full story

    At least 7 people killed in Yemeni suicide car bombing

    SANAA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb exploded on Monday in a tourist site in northeastern Yemen's province of Marib, killing at least seven people, including six Spaniards, and wounding seven others, pan-Arab satellite TV al-Jazeera reported.

    The blast took place at Belkis temple, one of the most famous tourist site in Yemen, at about 6:00 p.m. (1500 GMT), the report said.

    Six Spanish tourists travelling in Belkis temple were killed and seven others wounded in the blast, it added. Full story