Aden: Two people were killed on Tuesday and six others, including a security commander loyal to Yemen’s government, wounded in a suicide attack in Aden, a security source said.
The attacker blew himself up while riding a motorbike near a vehicle carrying the commander of a battalion of UAE-backed forces, the source told AFP.
The explosion killed a female passerby and a soldier driving the vehicle that was carrying the commander, who was among four wounded passengers, the source said.
Two civilians were also wounded, added the source, who is loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
A doctor in Aden confirmed the toll of two dead and six wounded to AFP.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the southern city.
Yemen-based Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has flourished in the chaos of the civil war, especially in the south of the country.
Ten suspected Al Qaida members and two soldiers fighting for Yemen’s government were killed last week in southern Yemen, in clashes and a drone strike, local officials and security sources said on Sunday.
