Bomb attacks kill 45 army recruits

Double bomb attacks on would-be army recruits in Yemen have killed at least 45 people, officials said. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the two attacks, which were carried out on Monday. A car bomb hit a crowd of young men queueing to join the Yemeni army in the city […]

Bomb attacks kill 45 army recruits
Bomb attacks kill 45 army recruits

Double bomb attacks on would-be army recruits in Yemen have killed at least 45 people, officials said.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the two attacks, which were carried out on Monday.
A car bomb hit a crowd of young men queueing to join the Yemeni army in the city of Aden, causing at least 20 casualties, a security official has said.
The explosion went off near the Badr base in the Khormaksar district of the city, where the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is based.The bomber detonated an explosives belt after joining the queue at the recruitment centre. A second explosion went off inside the base afterwards, killing at least 25.