60 killed in Yemen, IS claims responsibility

Dubai, August 29  

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a local militia compound in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Monday, and said the attack killed about 60 new recruits, according to the group's Amaq news agency.

A suicide bomber killed drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in Aden, Medecins Sans Frontieres said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the southern Yemeni port city.

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A security source said the attack targeted a school compound where conscripts of the Popular Committees, forces allied to the internationally recognised President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, were gathered for breakfast.

The blast rocked the area and sent debris flying, sending residents fleeing, one witness said.

Islamist militants have exploited an 18-month-old civil war between the Houthis and Hadi's supporters and launched a series of attacks targeting senior officials, religious figures, security forces and compounds of the Saudi-led Arab military coalition which supports Hadi. — Reuters