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Yemen suicide bombers kill scores in Aden Yemen suicide bombers kill scores in Aden
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Yemeni security officials say that a pair of suicide bombers have killed at least 45 people in the southern city of Aden. A pair of suicide bombings has killed at least 45 people in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, security officials said.
The officials said the two bombers targeted young men seeking to join the army. One suicide car bomber targeted a line outside an army recruitment centre, killing at least 20. A second bomber on foot detonated his explosive vest among a group of recruits waiting outside the home of an army commander, killing at least 25. They said the bombings on Monday targeted young men seeking to join the army.
One suicide car bomber targeted a line outside an army recruitment centre, killing at least 20. A second bomber on foot detonated his explosive vest among a group of recruits waiting outside the home of an army commander, killing at least 25. Scores of others were wounded, said the officials.
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Yemen’s conflict pits the internationally recognised government against Shia rebels who control the capital, Sana’a, and are allied with a former president. The country also contains active al-Qaida and Islamic State group affiliates. Yemen has for nearly two years been gripped by a war pitting the internationally recognised government against Shia rebels who control the capital, Sana’a, and are allied with forces loyal to a former president.
More details soon … The country is also home to active al-Qaida and Islamic State group affiliates.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which bore all the hallmarks of Islamic militants.
Monday’s blasts underline the precarious security situation in Aden, the country’s main port on the Arabian Sea, several months after government forces and allied militiamen backed by a Saudi-led coalition retook the city from the Shia rebels, also known as the Houthis.
There has been a series of suicide bombings in the city in recent months and assassinations mainly targeting army and security forces. Contributing further to the instability in Aden is the eviction of northern Yemenis, the work of suspected separatists who seek an independent south.
In a separate incident, the officials said at least 20 people were killed in the city of Taiz when heavy rainfall triggered an avalanche of rocks that hit homes below in the residential Bani Omar district.