Police have arrested one of 10 suspected al-Qaida militants who escaped from imprisonment in Yemen for the terrorist bombing of the USS Cole, an officer said Thursday. The officer said the fugitive was taken into custody Tuesday in Aden, the port city where he had been detained in connection with the 2000 suicide bombing of the warship, which killed 17 U.S. sailors. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, refused to identify the man or say how he was re-captured. But worshippers at an Aden mosque told The Associated Press the suspect surrendered to police after negotiations between his family and local officials. The man is the only one of the 10 fugitives returned to custody.
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