[10/May/2008]

HODIEDAH, May 10 (Saba) – Yemeni authorities have held five Eritrean soldiers who arrived in Hodiedah province on a boat carrying their rifles along with five grenades, the independent newsyemen.net reported.

An informed source said the soldiers handed in themselves as they reached the Yemeni lands, justifying they were escaping compulsory conscription.

The source added that they were sent to the Political Security Administration in the province.
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