Suicide bomber attacks security in southern Yemen
Suicide bomber attacks security in southern Yemen
A bombing hit a security post in Yemen's government bastion of Aden on Tuesday, killing and wounding several people, witnesses and police sources said.
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A suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into security forces at a building in central Aden in southern Yemen, killing and injuring scores, witnesses say.
Residents heard a large explosion early Tuesday morning as far as several kilometres away and saw thick black smoke rising from the area.
The attack took place in the Sheikh Othman district in the central part of the city. Ambulances rushed to the site, where debris and body parts littered the area.
The affiliation of the attacker is unknown.
Aden has become a target for militant attacks after being liberated from the Houthi and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in mid-July 2015.
A power vacuum in Aden has left local security sources unable to deal with the increase in militant attacks.
The United Nations has listed Yemen as the world's number one humanitarian crisis, with 17 million people in need of food, seven million of whom are at risk of famine.
More than 2,000 Yemenis have died in a cholera outbreak now affecting nearly one million people.
Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in neighbouring Yemen in March 2015 to push back the rebels who control the capital Sanaa, in an attempt to restore the government of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to power.
But the military intervention, which has triggered widespread criticism from the international community, has left more than 10,000 people, most of which civilians, dead.
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