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At least 25 killed, ISIS targets recruits at Yemeni security compound - reports | At least 25 killed, ISIS targets recruits at Yemeni security compound - reports |
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At least 25 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Yemen's Mukalla, claimed by Islamic State, medical and security sources told Reuters. The blast apparently targeted new recruits at a security compound. | |
Local hospitals were also treating another 25 people injured in the attack, according to the agency. | |
Sunday’s attack in the southern sea port is the second deadly blast to hit the city, a former hub for Al-Qaeda before the group was pushed out in a military offensive in April. | |
In a message on its online news agency Amaq, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) reportedly said the attacker was a "martrydom-seeker" who had detonated his explosive belt. | In a message on its online news agency Amaq, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) reportedly said the attacker was a "martrydom-seeker" who had detonated his explosive belt. |