Suicide bomber kills 30 soldiers

SANA’A. — A suicide bomber killed at least 30 Yemeni soldiers yesterday when he detonated his explosives at a gathering in the southern city of Aden, military officials and medics said.

Many others were wounded in the attack that targeted a crowd of soldiers gathered to collect their salaries at a base in north-eastern Aden, the officials and medics said.

The attacker immersed himself among the soldiers at al-Solban base, in al-Arish district, a military official said.

The attack comes eight days after a similar bombing in Aden claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed 48 soldiers and wounded 29 others.

Yemeni authorities have for months pressed a campaign against jihadists who remain active in the south and east of the war-torn country. — AFP.