Five killed in Yemen blast targeting Aden governor
Five people have been killed in a car-bomb attack targeting the governor of Aden, the seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government, security sources said yesterday. Aden, in southern Yemen, is home to a separatist movement that last year precariously integrated into the central government, and both have long been aligned against Huthi rebels in a grinding civil war. Aden governor Ahmed Lamlas and Salem al-Socotri, a government minister, both survived the blast which went off as their convoy passed, the sources said. Five members of the entourage were killed and 11 others were wounded in the attack. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast.
Source: Reuters
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