Yemen: 2 bombs in Aden town left 2 people dead and 12 wounded, al-Qaeda military chief declared creation of terrorist group called Aden-Abyan Army
Two apparently synchronized bombs have exploded in the southern city of Aden, killing two people and wounding 12 others.
The first bomb went off outside a sports club in the port city, wounding four people and sending police and rescue units rushing to the scene.
The second bomb exploded once they had arrived, injuring 10 more, including three soldiers. A security official told the Associated Press that the two people killed were civilians who died of their wounds at a hospital.
Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the organisation’s Yemen offshoot, announced on Monday via an Internet recording the formation of an “Aden-Abyan Army” that would free the country of “crusaders and their apostate agents,” according to the AFP news agency.
The recording was posted on the Al-Malaham website.