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Yemen Seizes 2,500 Firearms, Launches Buyback, Bans Guns in Cities
3 September 2007
PressTV (Tehran) / AGB / KB
SANA'A, Yemen — Police in Yemen have seized more than 2,500 firearms in the first week of a campaign to implement a ban on carrying weapons in cities.
The Interior ministry said in a statement that weapons have been confiscated at checkpoints outside the capital Sana'a and other major cities since August 23.
The campaign was aimed at reducing the visibility of arms that discourage tourism and investments in the country.
The ban includes bodyguards of... (GunPolicy.org)