Aden: Yemeni security officials say that a pair of suicide bombers killed at least 45 people in the southern city of Aden. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The officials said Monday that 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.
The Yemeni officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media.
Local news website Aden Al Ghad showed pictures of soldiers picking up bloodied comrades in uniform from the ground and witnesses reported seeing ambulances with blaring sirens collecting the wounded from the scene.
The blast occurred as the recruits lined up to enlist for military service in the Khor Maksar district of the port city, which serves as the temporary capital of Yemen’s Saudi-backed administration while it seeks to seize back the capital Sana’a from the armed Al Houthi group.
Yemen’s conflict pits the internationally recognised government against Iran-backed Al Houthi militants who control the capital, Sana’a, and are allied with a former president. The country also contains active Al Qaida and Daesh affiliates.
