US EditionCar bomb in Yemen kills 3 and is said to target a leader with Saudi-backed group
The attack targeted a senior commander in the Saudi-backed Giants Brigades, killing three and injuring several as part of ongoing instability and rivalries in southern Yemen.
- On Wednesday, a car bomb north of Aden killed three people and appeared to target Hamdy Shoukry, senior commander in the Giants Brigades, who survived.
- Amid a decade-long war, the Southern Transitional Council was formally dissolved earlier this month and Aden recently came under internationally recognised government control.
- Security sources said a booby-trapped parked car at the Jaulah Roundabout in Dar Saad exploded as the convoy passed, killing two soldiers and injuring four people.
- The Presidential Leadership Council called the bombing a desperate attempt to undermine stabilisation and vowed decisive measures, while security forces cordoned off the site and opened an investigation as no group claimed responsibility.
- Shukri is tasked with restructuring and unifying military and security forces while the Giants Brigades work with Saudi-backed National Shield forces to reclaim areas from Emirati-backed separatists.
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Local media reported that a car bomb explosion targeted the convoy of Hamdi Shukri, commander of the Second Brigade of the Giants Forces, in Yemen's interim capital, Aden, in the south of the country, on Wednesday.
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Car bomb in Yemen kills 3 and is said to target a leader with Saudi-backed group
A car bomb explosion on Wednesday killed three people in southern Yemen. Witnesses and security officials say the attack appeared to target a leader in the Saudi-backed Giants Brigades.
Five members of a Saudi-backed armed group were killed and the unit's leader was wounded in a car bomb explosion near the temporary capital of Aden in southern Yemen, officials said. The presidential council said the attack targeted the convoy of Brigadier General Hamdi Shukri, commander of the group's second brigade. The statement, carried by the state-run SABA news agency, described it as a "treacherous terrorist act" that killed five soldiers…
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