At least 48 dead in Yemen bombing claimed by ISIS

At least 48 people died and 84 were wounded in a Yemen suicide bombing Sunday claimed by the ISIS, the second similar attack in one week, officials said.

The morning blast near a military base targeted 10,000 soldiers waiting to collect paychecks outside the house of the commander of the special forces in Aden, according to Abdurrahman Al Naqeeb, a spokesman for the police office.

On Dec. 10, a car bombing outside the base, also claimed by ISIS, killed more than 50 soldiers who had also lined up to collect payments.

One of Islamic State's Yemeni affiliates said its bomber used an explosives-lined vest, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

"Some of the soldiers entered to receive their salaries, while others remained outside the fence of the house, and then the suicide bomber attacked the soldiers and detonated his explosive belt," Aden's health chief, Abdel Al Wali, told The National. "The number of those killed has exceeded 40 with some 50 others wounded."

He said the death toll was likely to rise because many of the injured were in critical condition.
  [upi.com]
18/12/16

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