ISIS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bombing in Aden

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ISIS militants claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing on Thursday that killed seven people outside fugitive former Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Rabbu Hadi’s residence in the southern city of Aden.

 

Local officials and eyewitnesses reported the death toll and said 10 other people were injured. Officials said Hadi was inside his residence at the time of the attack and was unharmed.

"A suicide car bomb targeted a security checkpoint about 500 meters [yards] from the Maashiq palace. The majority of the casualties are civilians," an official told Reuters by telephone.

 

In a statement online, ISIS said the attack was carried out by a suicide car bomber it identified as Abu Hanifa al-Hollandi. The nom de guerre suggested the attacker was a Dutch citizen.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team