Several killed in Yemen as car bomb targets officials

STORY: Yemen Blast - Several killed in Yemen as car bomb targets officials

LENGTH: 01:54

FIRST RUN: 1501

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TYPE: Natsound

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

STORY NUMBER: 4347970

DATELINE: 10 October 2021 - Aden

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aden, Yemen - 10 October 2021

1. Various of damaged cars, wreckage and debris on street after car explosion, people gathering

2. Various of Civil defence vehicle reversing at the scene

3. Various of damaged car, smashed front window, broken glass on the seat

4. Close of wreckage on street

5. Various of people at the scene

6. Tracking shot towards damaged car

STORYLINE:

At least six people were killed Sunday in Yemen's port city of Aden by a car bomb that targeted two senior government officials who survived, an official said.

The explosion targeted the convoy of Agriculture Minister Salem al-Socotrai and Aden’s Governor Ahmed Lamlas in the district of Tawahi, said Information Minister Moammar al-Iryani.

The blast killed at least six people among Lamlas’ companions and wounded at least seven others who had been passing by, al-Iryani said.

The casualties were taken to hospitals for treatment, he said.

The explosion damaged several buildings in the area, quickly sealed off by security forces, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed called the explosion a “terrorist attack” and ordered an investigation.

No one immediately claimed responsibility.

Aden has been rocked by several explosions in the past years, which have been blamed on local affiliates of al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups.

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