Yemen police chief wounded in Aden suicide bombing

Aden: A provincial police chief in Southern Yemen was among the casualties of a suicide bomb attack on his convoy in the port city of Aden late Wednesday, a security official said.

Colonel Adel Al Halemi was wounded and a number of other people killed or hurt when the assailant blew up his vehicle near the Lahj police chief’s home in Aden, the official said, without giving details on the casualties.

The attack follows a string of killings and bombings against government targets in Southern Yemen, with many of the attacks claimed by the Daesh group.

Pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led Arab coalition have since July recaptured Aden, Lahj and three other southern provinces from Al Houthi militants who seized large parts of Yemen, including Sana’a.

More than 5,800 people have been killed since the coalition launched an air and ground war against the rebels in March, according to the United Nations.