The man, identified as 25-year-old Samir al-Hada, was being chased by security forces in a suburb of the capital, Sanaa, late Wednesday when a grenade exploded in his hand, killing him instantly. Yemeni police are quoted as saying Mr. Hada had recently visited Afghanistan to receive terrorist training and was involved in unspecified terrorist attacks.

 The incident occurred two days after the FBI in Washington issued a terrorist warning, saying up to 17 men - believed led by a Yemeni national - were possibly planning an attack in the United States, or against U.S. interests in Yemen. Mr. Hada was not on that list.

 The FBI warning identified the possible ringleader as Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei, a Yemeni citizen born in 1979 in Saudi Arabia. For several weeks Yemen's security forces have been looking for a number of fugitive Islamic militants with links to the al-Qaida terrorist organization. 

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP. 

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