12-07-2015, 10:05 AM
Governor Killed in Aden, Yemen Terror Attack
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ISIS assassinated a top regional governor during a deadly suicide bomb attack in Aden, Yemen. Aden province governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad was killed when a suicide bomber rammed his car into the governor's convoy in the western part of the city and blew himself up.
Sunday's explosion could be heard about 10 km (seven miles) away, residents said. Photos posted by local news websites showed a car in flames with a plume of smoke rising from it.
At least six of Mr Saad's entourage also died in the attack, which occurred while the governor was heading to work. Several other people were also wounded in the bombing. A terrorism court judge and two police colonels were also killed in separate attacks this weekend.
The United Nations says more than 5,700 people have been killed in Yemen, almost half of them civilians, since the Saudi-led air campaign began in March in support of the Hadi's US-backed Sunni government.
The main fight is between forces loyal to the beleaguered President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis (backed by Iran, Shiite), who forced Mr Hadi to flee the capital Sanaa in February.
Refs:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-...5K20151206
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...mbing.html
ISIS assassinated a top regional governor during a deadly suicide bomb attack in Aden, Yemen. Aden province governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad was killed when a suicide bomber rammed his car into the governor's convoy in the western part of the city and blew himself up.
Sunday's explosion could be heard about 10 km (seven miles) away, residents said. Photos posted by local news websites showed a car in flames with a plume of smoke rising from it.
At least six of Mr Saad's entourage also died in the attack, which occurred while the governor was heading to work. Several other people were also wounded in the bombing. A terrorism court judge and two police colonels were also killed in separate attacks this weekend.
The United Nations says more than 5,700 people have been killed in Yemen, almost half of them civilians, since the Saudi-led air campaign began in March in support of the Hadi's US-backed Sunni government.
The main fight is between forces loyal to the beleaguered President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis (backed by Iran, Shiite), who forced Mr Hadi to flee the capital Sanaa in February.
Refs:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-...5K20151206
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...mbing.html