At least six civilians, including children, were killed in Yemen on Friday when a roadside bomb believed to be planted by al-Qaeda went off in the country’s southeast, a Yemeni security official said. At least six others were wounded in the blast, the second attack in less than a week in al-Qatn village in the vast Hadramaut region al-Qaeda’s local affiliate in Yemen, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has taken advantage of a civil war between the Iran-aligned Houthi group and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government to strengthen its position in the impoverished country. AQAP operates in several provinces in south and eastern Yemen, including in Abyan, Shabwa and al-Bayda.
Suspected al-Qaeda bombing: six civilians killed in Yemen
Published on: May 5, 2019 12:25 AM