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Bomber kills 13 in Yemen
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A suicide bomber killed at least 13 recruits at a Yemeni army camp run by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi鈥檚 government in the southern port city of Aden yesterday, medical sources and a security official said.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of bombings rattling the city since Saudi-backed forces captured Yemen鈥檚 second-largest city from the Iran-allied Houthis in July last year.
At least 60 people were also wounded in the attack targeting hundreds of new recruits at the Ras Abbas camp in Aden鈥檚 Buraiqa district. It was recently set up by Hadi鈥檚 government to absorb new conscripts being trained to fight the Houthis.
The official said the bomber wore a military uniform, enabling him to penetrate the crowd undetected.
An official earlier said the attack occurred at the gate.
Witnesses described ambulances racing to evacuate the wounded, as troops surrounded the area.
鈥淭he explosion shook the camp violently and it could be heard miles away,鈥 said one witness.
Medics at the nearby Masafi hospital said they had received the bodies of 13 people, while at least 60 wounded people were taken to hospitals in Aden.
Islamic State, in a statement published on its online media arm Amaq, said that a bomber wearing an explosives vest blew himself up at the Ras Abbas camp. The group published a photo of the attacker it identified as Abu Isa al-Ansari, and said the bombing 鈥渒illed around 20 apostates and wounded 60 others.鈥
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