Yemen grad rites attack kills 32

Yemen’s military graduation rites at the Security Belt in Aden turn fatal after an attack that killed 32 people. REUTERS
Yemen’s military graduation rites at the Security Belt in Aden turn fatal after an attack that killed 32 people. REUTERS

YEMEN – At least 32 people were killed in a military parade attack in the southern port city of Aden staged by Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement.

The rebels said the military parade was part of pro-government forces’ preparations for a fresh assault on Houthi-held territory just north of the city.

But the government said it was a graduation ceremony for newly recruited soldiers.

Bodies were strewn on the ground after the attack. A senior commander was believed to have been killed.

The military camp where the attack took place belongs to a pro-government force known as the Security Belt.

Meanwhile, a suicide bombing on Thursday at a police station in Aden killed at least three officers.

Yemen was devastated by a conflict that escalated in March 2015, when the Houthi rebels seized control of much of the west of the country and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee abroad.(BBC)

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